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TomH wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:46:58 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson
> > wrote:
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>>On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:00:38 +0000 (UTC), (Glitter
>>Ninja) wrote:
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>>>Goomba38 > writes:
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>>>>No need to say "spaghetti noodles" instead of just spaghetti (linguini,
>>>>ravioli, macaroni...)
>>>>It grates on the ear.
>>>
>>> OK, I'll do whatever you say.
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>>Not so fast. Goomba (if that is his real name) would be correct except
>>for one troublesome fact: linguini, ravioli, and macaroni all
>>originated in Italy, while spaghetti noodles is an Americanized type
>>of Italian pasta that has always been referred to as "spaghetti
>>noodles." The development of spaghetti noodles is similar to that of
>>chow mein, a "Chinese" dish that originated in San Francisco,
>>California.
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> Methinks KevinS has been eating too much Chef-Boy-R-Dee
> pasta-and-yecchhh in a can. (It leads to 't-rolls', a
> serious gastric ailment, sometimes fatal.)
>
> "Spaghetti noodles" sounds redundant to me, if not
> superfluous. Like "steak meat" or "salmon fish" or
> "automobile car". I don't know that it grates on the ear,
> so much; I'll leave that to the parmesan.
Tuna fish sandwich?
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Matthew
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