"Luca Pinotti"
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wrote in message ...
> "Pandora" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>>>>>>> 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. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> 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 ;-)
>>
>> Perchè non hai visto come scrivo io
>> In quale regione ti trovi dell'Italia? Io in Piemonte, vicino Torino ma
>> sono romana.
>
> You too trying to teach italian cuisine to our American friends? ;-)
> I'm from Milan. Thus, with my friends from Naples and Taranto (not to
> mention the ones from Tuscany, Emilia and Veneto) we can cover at least 7
> regions :-)

Well bully for you!!! If you would like to know it, Pandora is well known
here and well loved by some of us too You do yourself no favours by
attacking her before you even know her as we do

Ophelia
Scotland