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





On Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:42:25 AM UTC+4, la .lindar. wrote:
I went for {srinanba} at one point, but it's not very good.
(btw: "Pasta" in Italian refers to any kind of bread/grain, from what a Milano friend tells me. It's a catch-all for the bottom of the food pyramid.)

That's what I thought. There is just no such thing as "pasta" . Etymologically it's just {pesxu}. These days it's just {nanba}.
What is now known all over the world through Sbarro and similar cafes is probably noodles. Of just {nanba} rebranded as "pasta".

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