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

Perchè non hai visto come scrivo io
In quale regione ti trovi dell'Italia? Io in Piemonte, vicino Torino ma sono
romana.
BTW I meant investigations on penne
cheers
Pandora