Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 12:57  AM, John Cowan wrote:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>> Alternatively, it could, as you suggest, be
>> taken from AmE, but this seems unlikely, since pasta must
>> have become a feature of quotidian Australian life a bit
>> earlier than hearing AmE (on telly etc.) did.
>
> Distinguish between pasta and the word "pasta".  When I was a
> kid, I knew spaghetti and ravioli, but had no generic term;
> thirty years later, "pasta" is in every kid's vocabulary.
> --
> A mosquito cried out in his pain,               John Cowan
>
Growing up, my generic term was "macaroni".  Unfortunately, i have
since partially given in to years of pressure from friends who said
"no, 'macaroni' is the elbow-shaped kind ('elbow macaroni' to me), the
generic term is 'pasta'!".  Even though every box of macaroni/pasta
i've ever seen (in whatever shape) says something like "an enriched
*macaroni* product" on it, and not "...*pasta*...".


-Stephen (Steg)

Random EPT (English Pronunciation Tidbit): the |Schuylkill| river, in
Philadelphia, seems to be pronounced ['skukl=] by the locals.

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