[PW] Chinese expressions

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting "Fuller, Thomas (US - Washington D.C.)" <tfuller at DELOITTE.com>:

> The argument that "spaghetti" is a word of Chinese origin seems to me
> not even much fun to tell.  The earliest written reference per M-W is
> 1888 (earlier attributions invited), and its derivation from the
> Italian, and ultmately Latin (that is, also pre-Polo) roots meaning
> "string" seem incontrovertible.
>
> Other views are welcome, particularly those of the learned Professor
> Dyson, so steeped in both food history and Romance languages is he.
> Interested readers might also take a gander at Serventi and Sabban,
> Pasta: The Story of a Universal Food (translated by Antony Shugaar)
> (2002) -- or, if your Italian is up to it, the 2000 original:   Pasta :
> storia e cultura di un cibo universale.


Quoting SYLVIA MILNE <sylviamilne at btopenworld.com>:

> I suspect that your mate was indulging in what we call "Urine extraction" or
> "Extracting the Michael" ;-)


"Extracting the Michael?" "Extruding the noodle?" Coincidence? I think not.

John Dyson