On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:00:56 -0700 (PDT), ---- >
wrote:

>On Sep 9, 12:39*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:17:33 -0700, sf > wrote:
>> >On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:47:15 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >> On Sep 6, 2:22*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>> >> > I was watching Lidia the other day & I have a tendency to agree with her.
>>
>> >> > If the meat in the sauce is served separately then it's gravy.
>> >> > If the meat is an integral part of the sauce and is not separated out or
>> >> > served separately then it's sauce.
>>
>> >> > Thoughts
>>
>> >> My thoughts are that I'm sick of hearing about greasy dagos and their
>> >> disgusting food every minute of the day.
>>
>> >> Flame on!
>>
>> >You can always learn how to fine tune your kill file since it bothers
>> >you so much. *Oh, that's right. *You'd rather complain obnoxiously
>> >instead of actually doing something to remedy your little problem.
>>
>> What's a greasy dago?
>>
>> The WOPS in Brooklyn never called it tomato sauce, it was always
>> tomato gravy... *and they never said pasta, it was all macaronis
>> (always plural).
>
>of course, macaronis. In Italian, the plural ends in -i. In English,
>plurals end in -s. So they took an Italian word (macaroni) and
>anglicized it, adding an -s to make it plural. Same as "youse guys".

Actually in Italian it's 'maccheroni/e.

Origin of MACARONI
Italian maccheroni, plural of maccherone, from Italian dialect
maccarone dumpling, macaroni
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaroni