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Subject: Re: [lojban] Why is there no noodle gismu?
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 Content preview:  Craig Daniel wrote: >>>>> Definition of NOODLE >>>>> >>>>>
    : a food paste made usually with egg and shaped typically in ribbon form
   >>> >>> >>> *Why* do people keep talking about {pesxu}? My noodles are *not*
    a >>> paste! >> >> But pasta IS "paste", by definition, whether your pasta
    is or not. Your >> noodles are predominantly some kind of dasri, made of
   egg and flour paste. > > I disagree. [...] 
 
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Craig Daniel wrote:
>>>>> Definition of NOODLE
>>>>>
>>>>> : a food paste made usually with egg and shaped typically in ribbon form
>>>
>>>
>>> *Why* do people keep talking about {pesxu}?  My noodles are *not* a
>>> paste!
>>
>> But pasta IS "paste", by definition, whether your pasta is or not.  Your
>> noodles are predominantly some kind of dasri, made of egg and flour paste.
>
> I disagree.

You are disagreeing with the dictionary then.  See above for "noodle" 
about which the same claim could be made as you do for pasta.

Paste can exist in a dried form or a hydrated form, and it is still 
paste in either case.

> 1
> a : a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls
> b : a confection made by evaporating fruit with sugar or by flavoring a gelatin, starch, or gum arabic preparation
> c : a smooth food product made by evaporation or grinding <tomato paste> <almond paste>
> d : a shaped dough (as spaghetti or ravioli) prepared from semolina, farina, or wheat flour

definition d is precisely the definition of pasta

> 1
> : paste in processed form (as macaroni) or in the form of fresh dough (as ravioli)

> Dried spaghetti in a box on the grocery-store
> shelves are not paste,

Alas, it still is.  It is dried paste, but still paste.

lojbab

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