"Ophelia" > wrote in message
. uk...
>
> "Luca Pinotti"
> <FornicationUnderConsenseoftheKIing.admin@lucapino tti.com.SPAMKILLERPROTECTED>
> 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

Sorry, who's attacking who???
I've been misunderstood... I was suggesting a collaboration.

Please read again and do some simple math.

Ciao
Luca