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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:25 PM Original message |
Why, when Italian savory pie is spelled PIZZA, is the place that serves said pie spelled PIZZERIA? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. You wonder about this sort of shit all day long, don't you? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The committee in my head does! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. "pizzeria" is the proper Italian spelling. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Now I knew I should have asked the Wiki! |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. How do they get no-stick teflon to stick to the pan? n/t |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. What about "taco" and "taqueria"? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. In Conn. the pie itself is often spelled APIZZA |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Don't have anything to add but |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. When I went to Sicily I asked my guide about the New Haven "apizza." |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. and they sell gelato |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't you like Cafeterias? You know, where they serve Cafe? |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. For the same reason we have the noun "fire", but the adjective "fiery" rather than "firey". |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. You gotta stop going to the Olive Garden!! |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. It has to do with the elision of vowels |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. A place that serves gelato is a Gelateria! |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Insh'Allah. nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. OK, here's the deal. The word "pizza" in Italian is feminine, singular. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. THANK YOU! |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. What's that place called, the one that sells diaries? |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. I want to know why it gets called a pie? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Uh, maybe it's shape? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-31-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gelateria - |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-01-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. And why are people from the Phillipines called filipino? |
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