"Pandora" > wrote in message
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> "Luca Pinotti"
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>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>> ups.com...
>>>
>>> Pandopa wrote:
>>>> "Luca Pinotti"
>>>> >> Ken Knecht wrote:
>>>> >>> I assume it's a pasta shape. I looked in Google but while seeing
>>>> >>> lots of
>>>> >>> recipes I couldn't find a description.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Penne means pen (or pencil), I think, and that's the shape of the
>>>> >> pasta. But, I'm not sure.
>>>> > Penna (penne pl.): feather, plume, pen, quill.
>>>>
>>>> The shape of pasta "penne" it's more similar to a pen (pencil) not to a
>>>> plume
>>>> Pandora
>>>
>>> Nope. Penne is so named because it is representitive of a plume, a
>>> quill pen (a pen made from a feather)... the modern pencil had not yet
>>> been invented at the time of the penne designation for that particular
>>> pasta configuration. I'll let yoose investigate the etymology for
>>> pencil.
>
>>
>> Correct. The pencil (wooden sheath and graphite) was invented in 1795.
>> "Goose pen" (feather with properly cut hollow shaft or calamus [hence the
>> italian word "calamaio" for ink pot]) is far more acient.
>
> I meant stilographic pen

Oh gosh... The fountain pen (as we know it today) is dated 1850 although
there are examples dated 960 AD. ;-)

Ciao
Luca