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

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 17:07
Steg Belsky wrote:

> 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*...".
Generally, to me, both pasta and pacaroni can describe generic pasta(though I will only use 'pasta'). If someone said 'we're having macaroni' and served me fusilli, I would not be in the least surprised. Of course, spaghetti(And tagliatelli, etc.), lasagna, and ravioli are not macaroni, in any way. And 'elbow macaroni' is not in my vocabulary.