Going off of this sequence of adjectives, “East Coast” would be categorized as origin (7) and “spicy” would categorized as type (9), correct?
Going off of this sequence of adjectives, “East Coast” would be categorized as origin (7) and “spicy” would categorized as type (9), correct?
The key is that it’s named like a variation of another sandwich. If it was a Spicy Italian in an East Coast version, it would be the East Coast Spicy Italian. However it’s the spicy version of the East Coast Italian, so it’s a Spicy East Coast Italian. Of course, they don’t have a non-spicy East Coast Italian, but I’m pretty sure that’s the thinking.
Ah, ok. So it’s crucial to know that there is an existing type of sandwich just named “East Coast Italian”. That clears it up. Thanks all for answering.
I don’t know if I’ve ever ever eaten at Jimmy John’s, but my first reading of this was exactly that: that there must be a non spicy version and this is the spicy one. Must have been the adjectival order