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> どっちの太郎が好き？

> どっちも太郎で太郎焼とかぶっちゃう

I can't grasp the meaning of the second sentence. Particularly, I don't
understand how the particles で (which I usually understand as 'by means of')
and と (usually a conjunction) are being used. I would expect と to be in
between the two nouns being coupled together, but in this case it is before
the verb, and 太郎 doesn't seem to be any 'means to an action'.

~~I suppose it is a pun about 太郎 being a common name and 太郎焼, a specialty from
Kawaguchi ([website](https://www.tarouyaki.com/)). But I'm far from
understanding the meaning.~~

I think I'm wrong about that. Maybe 太郎 is another sweet, different from 太郎焼?
Although I can't find it.
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particle-と particle-で conjunctions
What do the particles で and と (coupled with nouns) mean in this sentence?
Simply put, で is not a particle but a te-form of だ. と means _with_. So _Both
are Taros and かぶる with Taroyaki_.

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かぶる means a number of things and you are correct in that it is close to
"similar", but it is something totally different from 似ている, most common word
for "similar".

[大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%B6%E3%82%8B/#jn-44310)
definition:

> 同じようなものがそろう。重複する。「キャラが―・る」「保護者会でAさんと洋服が―・ってしまう」「前の人と発言内容が―・る」

Some examples

  * あの人と服がかぶった My clothes happened to be the same as hers.
  * AさんとBさんはキャラがかぶっている A-san and B-san have the same characters.

The basic implication of かぶ(ってい)る is that something duplicates/is
indistinguishably similar and confusing/conflicting/awkward.

I'm not sure of the contexts, but I assume the sentence in question just says
that there are two persons named 太郎 and it is (sort of) confusing with or
reminiscent of 太郎焼き. (It is also possible that there is just one 太郎, but a
food named 太郎 is not likely.)
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