From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on


Dave Frightens Me wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:47:18 +0100,
> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
>
>>Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>
>>>David, you frequently don't understand what I'm saying, although I'm
>>>not sure just why! :o)
>>
>>I didn't understand what you said about the US. As far as I can see,
>>it's societal pressure there which helps the ban works where it's in
>>effect. If Americans all blindly obeyed the law, drivers wouldn't exceed
>>the speed limit, for one example.
>
>
> Well, we get into murky territory there, because speeding comes down
> largely to enforcement, of which American cops are probably a whole
> lot better at!
>
> I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
> culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
> much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.

Ummm...... remember Prohibition? IIRC, that was even a
Constitutional ammendment, but more observed in the breach
by most Americans of the time. (Although it's true America
has become far more a nation of sheep than it was then.)

From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

> David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city
> south and
> deansgate wrote:
[]
> > Read further down! :) What do you call them where you're from?
> >
> Originally upper Midwest (Minnesota). In our family,
> breakfast eggs were either fried or scrambled - the only
> boiled eggs I encountered as a child were hard boiled (with
> solid yolks), on picnics. (We received a set of egg cups as
> a wedding gift, but they came with small spoons designed for
> eating the egg from the shell without benefit of toast sticks.)

Actually, having that egg reminded me that I should have soft-boiled
more often. In salads, I quite like them half-way soft boiled, or
however it's called. I've just boiled some hard for the ocopo (peruvian
potato dish) I'm making for a starter tonight.

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From: Hatunen on
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:56:25 -0700,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>
>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:47:18 +0100,
>> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
>> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>David, you frequently don't understand what I'm saying, although I'm
>>>>not sure just why! :o)
>>>
>>>I didn't understand what you said about the US. As far as I can see,
>>>it's societal pressure there which helps the ban works where it's in
>>>effect. If Americans all blindly obeyed the law, drivers wouldn't exceed
>>>the speed limit, for one example.
>>
>>
>> Well, we get into murky territory there, because speeding comes down
>> largely to enforcement, of which American cops are probably a whole
>> lot better at!
>>
>> I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
>> culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
>> much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.
>
>Ummm...... remember Prohibition? IIRC, that was even a
>Constitutional ammendment, but more observed in the breach
>by most Americans of the time. (Although it's true America
>has become far more a nation of sheep than it was then.)

I guess that explains why no American under the age fifty has
ever used marijuana. And why there is no longer any moonshine
being distilled in the Appalachian hills. And no oe drives over
the speed limit. And why there are no kids smoking cigarettes. Or
....

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From: ALAN HARRISON on

"George O. Bizzigotti" <gbizzigo(a)mitretek.org> wrote in message
news:cu9ih2lbneappr8bnieotpgo9jnudae6rr(a)4ax.com...

> Panini have become quite popular in the US, where a significant number
> of lunch-time restaurants seem to have acquired the grills that are
> used to make them. However, I would warn Sr. Drogo that should he
> visit one of those US restaurants, his proper Italian grammar would
> fall on deaf ears. After numerous instances of telling a server or
> counter person, "I would like a panino," only to have him or her smile
> and repeat back, "that's one panini, coming up!" I have more or less
> abandoned the fight.

Similarly in the UK. I think there are two (Italian-owned) cafes in London
that know that "panini" is plural.

Alan Harrison


From: Padraig Breathnach on
"ALAN HARRISON" <alantharrison(a)btopenworld.com> wrote:

>
>"George O. Bizzigotti" <gbizzigo(a)mitretek.org> wrote in message
>news:cu9ih2lbneappr8bnieotpgo9jnudae6rr(a)4ax.com...
>
>> Panini have become quite popular in the US, where a significant number
>> of lunch-time restaurants seem to have acquired the grills that are
>> used to make them. However, I would warn Sr. Drogo that should he
>> visit one of those US restaurants, his proper Italian grammar would
>> fall on deaf ears. After numerous instances of telling a server or
>> counter person, "I would like a panino," only to have him or her smile
>> and repeat back, "that's one panini, coming up!" I have more or less
>> abandoned the fight.
>
>Similarly in the UK. I think there are two (Italian-owned) cafes in London
>that know that "panini" is plural.
>
I saw a menu in Ireland offering "paninies".

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