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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:28 PM
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What does all the different names of pasta translate too.
Penne is pen I think,does anyone else have some translations.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:30 PM
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1. I like to piss off Italians,
and call them all noodles.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:31 PM
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2. Go here:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

You can type in the Italian word and have it translated to English.

Farfalla is butterfly, BTW.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:36 PM
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3. Off-white edibles good in tomato sauce... mmm.
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:44 PM
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4. orecchiette--little ears
linguine--little tongues
fettucine--little ribbons
vermicelli--little worms:9
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:57 PM
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5. Little worms. Ew!
Not a good visual.
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da_chimperor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-05 09:58 PM
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6. Farfalle = butterflies n/t
Edited on Wed Mar-23-05 09:59 PM by da_chimperor
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