You can’t call poutine pizza because no one calls it pizza, they call it poutine. If there’s a dish that is commonly understood to mean pizza, you can call it pizza in the context that it’s understood to mean that.
Saying “___ style pizza isn’t pizza” is just weird, because you’re referring to it as pizza to say that it isn’t.
What’s the difference to you between a Reuben and a pizza? Why can I add ingredients to a pizza and it’s still pizza, but if I add something to a Reuben it stops being one? Why isn’t sandwich, which was originally a specific preparation, given the same regard?
Pizza is like sandwich, not like Reuben. It’s not a specific variety, it’s a category.
You can’t call poutine pizza because no one calls it pizza, they call it poutine. If there’s a dish that is commonly understood to mean pizza, you can call it pizza in the context that it’s understood to mean that. Saying “___ style pizza isn’t pizza” is just weird, because you’re referring to it as pizza to say that it isn’t.
What’s the difference to you between a Reuben and a pizza? Why can I add ingredients to a pizza and it’s still pizza, but if I add something to a Reuben it stops being one? Why isn’t sandwich, which was originally a specific preparation, given the same regard?
Pizza is like sandwich, not like Reuben. It’s not a specific variety, it’s a category.
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