Re: [lojban] Why is there no noodle gismu?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:28:43AM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Craig Daniel
> <craigbdaniel@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Buckwheat is not a grain, yet soba is still a type of noodle.
> >
> 
> I have no idea what buckwheat is, other than one oft the
> characters on Little Rascals.
> 
> 
> > Fettuccine are not cylindrical, but they're definitely a noodle
> > as well.
> >
> 
> I'd say the shape of Fettuccine stills qualifies as skori even
> though they aren't cylindrical. Are there any noodles that aren't
> pasta?
> 
> Because if not, I'd suggest using pasta as a gismu (because we
> don't have a gismu for pasta either, and the gismu {pasta} is
> available), meaning what anyone would guess it did, and then
> noodles could be line-pasta. (skopasta).

If we're going to add a gismu, pasta is a much better choice; it's
*startingly* hard to make a lujvo for (I've tried).

-Robin

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