Otto Bahn wrote:
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> "A.C." > wrote in message ...
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>>Otto Bahn wrote:

>>>Oh, right, so when an American kid says "We're having
>>>spaghetti for lunch", he means a big heaping plate of
>>>nothing but plain noodles -- no sauce, no cheese, and
>>>no beef hamburger. Right.
>>>
>>>When I order spaghetti at Lorena's Italian Restaurant
>>>(which I do about once a week), I don't have to tell
>>>them I'd also like the above ingredients put on it.
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>>that's because we americans have *******ized the meaning of 'spaghetti' into
>>something

> Exactly my point.

>>that would better be described as 'spaghetti bolognese'

> That's just a value judgement better left unsaid.

Nope, an American _has_ to say it, because:

>>as opposed to
>>spaghetti carbonara or spaghetti marinara or spaghetti calabrese or any of the

> Those modifiers still make sense in America to distinguish
> them from normal spaghetti.

"Normal spaghetti" in Americanese only.

Mark L. Fergerson