Quote Originally Posted by Colonel Angus View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
No, Mr. Angus. With the greatest respect, you are wrong. A hot dog is a sausage in a bun. End of. Is it a sandwich though?
No, it is a regional thing. In the US hot dogs refer only to frankfurters. Other places have different definitions for the term. I didn't know that myself until I looked it up.
If a hot dog is a frankfurter then does that mean that a hot dog officially doesn't have to have a bun?

I'm just trying to follow your logic here; is a 'hot dog' a particular kind of sausage or is it a sausage in a bun? It would seem like you're trying to say a hot dog is a particular sausage placed in a bun in which case I don't think you should be able to call a frankfurter a hot dog if it is by itself (bunless).