Re: CHAT: Tacos et al.
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 10:15 |
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En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:
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> For me, "pasta" and "macaroni" are synonyms. Spaghetti, ziti,
> lasagne,
> elbow macaroni, shells, linguini, etc., are all both "pasta" and
> "macaroni" in my idiolect. And i still don't get what my friends mean
> when they try to 'correct' me about the differences.
>
Simple: what you call "elbow macaroni" is in fact simply macaroni. Macaroni is
a kind of pasta, along with spaghetti, linguini, fusilli, lasagne, ravioli,
cannelloni, vermicelli, etc... Pasta refers to the stuff in which they are
made, and to any kind of pasta when it's unnecessary to make any difference.
Macaroni is just *one* kind of pasta, as important as spaghetti, or cannelloni,
etc... and refers to the very small bended tubes of pasta. Pasta and macaroni
are as much synonyms as dog and rotweiller.
You can't always defend the misuse of some words by saying that it's
your "idiolect" (that's for that reason that I corrected myself and know
say "brava!" when I applause a woman, whatever strange looks I get. If you want
to use an Italian word, at least use it correctly).
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
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