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>>>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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>>>>> 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. ;-)
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> Let me know if you will find something else, after your investigation.
> Are you writing from Italy or do you live in Usa?


Investigation on what? Penne or pens?
I live in Italy. You should argue it from by poor English ;-)

Ciao
Luca