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On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:23:07 PM UTC+4, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 13:18:28 Craig Daniel wrote: 
> > Buckwheat is not a grain, yet soba is still a type of noodle. 
>
> It's a norgru, so I'd still call soba "grusko". Or it could be "xubysko", 
> unless there's some other kind of string made from xruba. 
>
> > Fettuccine are not cylindrical, but they're definitely a noodle as well. 
>
> I'd call them "grusri" or "nabysri". 
>
> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:50:56 Robin Lee Powell wrote: 
> > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:47:15AM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote: 
> > > I'm still behind {pasta}. I'd be hard pressed to find a better 
> > > word than that. 
> > 
> > I would want to know where that word originated, how long it's been 
> > aronud, what other words have been around longer, etc., before 
> > simply importing a word from English. 
>
> The word is from Latin from Ancient Greek and exists in all of the source 
> languages except Chinese (in which the word is "mein" or "mian" depending 
> on 
> how you transliterate the dialects). (Quick Wiktionary check.) I've seen 
> it 
> used in Portuguese for a small briefcase, and the primary meaning in 
> Russian 
> is "paste" (which is likewise from Latin "pasta"), but it is also used for 
> "pasta" in Russian. 
>

In Mandarin it's just "Italian noodles".
In Russian it's usually  "makarony".

I won't run the algorithm because it will for sure mutilate this word.
Sorry no other ideas (except removing the word {pastu} that has 29 
occurrencies in the corpus).


> Pierre 
> -- 
> I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales. 
>
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<br><br>On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:23:07 PM UTC+4, Pierre Abbat wrote:<b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;borde=
r-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 13:18=
:28 Craig Daniel wrote:
<br>&gt; Buckwheat is not a grain, yet soba is still a type of noodle.
<br>
<br>It's a norgru, so I'd still call soba "grusko". Or it could be "xubysko=
",=20
<br>unless there's some other kind of string made from xruba.
<br>
<br>&gt; Fettuccine are not cylindrical, but they're definitely a noodle as=
 well.
<br>
<br>I'd call them "grusri" or "nabysri".
<br>
<br>On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:50:56 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
<br>&gt; On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:47:15AM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
<br>&gt; &gt; I'm still behind {pasta}. I'd be hard pressed to find a bette=
r
<br>&gt; &gt; word than that.
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; I would want to know where that word originated, how long it's bee=
n
<br>&gt; aronud, what other words have been around longer, etc., before
<br>&gt; simply importing a word from English.
<br>
<br>The word is from Latin from Ancient Greek and exists in all of the sour=
ce=20
<br>languages except Chinese (in which the word is "mein" or "mian" dependi=
ng on=20
<br>how you transliterate the dialects). (Quick Wiktionary check.) I've see=
n it=20
<br>used in Portuguese for a small briefcase, and the primary meaning in Ru=
ssian=20
<br>is "paste" (which is likewise from Latin "pasta"), but it is also used =
for=20
<br>"pasta" in Russian.
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In Mandarin it's just "Italian noodles=
".</div><div>In Russian it's usually &nbsp;"makarony".</div><div><br></div>=
<div>I won't run the algorithm because it will for sure mutilate this word.=
</div><div>Sorry no other ideas (except removing the word {pastu} that has =
29 occurrencies in the corpus).</div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc soli=
d;padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Pierre
<br>--=20
<br>I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.
<br>
<br></blockquote>

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