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I spell it lasagna. Prior to this thread, I had never seen it with an e on the end. I learn something new everyday.
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kojabu, does the plural refer to more than one lasagna noodle, or more than one pan of lasagna?
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I'm not entirely sure about that one. The noodles themselves are called lasagna, so it would make sense that lasagne would be multiple noodles, similar to spaghetti. But because lasagna is a dish I'd say that in English it would be more than one pan of lasagna. Though I doubt anyone calls two dishes of lasagna lasagne.
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In (American) English, either is acceptable, but with the "a" is more common. And no distinction is made between plural and singular.
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Thanks. I've always written it "lasagna" but have been seeing "lasagne" a lot more recently, especially in sort of upscale restaurants, cookbooks, or websites. I wondered whether lasagne was the more correct Italian term for the dish.
But any way you spell it, I'll eat it!
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There's some movie in which a very young Sophia Loren brings a mortadella on a flight from Italy into the U.S., and has a long, drawn-out conflict with the customs officer over her refusal to leave it behind. (If I remember correctly, that's basically the plot of the entire movie.) Anyway, any time I see the word "mortadella" I will always hear her pronunciation!
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quote:Originally posted by kojabu: bruh-SKEH-tuh. A ch in Italian is hard.
You forgot to add "...if it is followed by an i or e" Cha, cho, chu would be the english "ch" sound. Same rules apply for the letter g.
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I blame all the various TV chefs for my inability to pronounce Italian food words. What's the deal there? Everybody agrees on how to pronounce "burrito", how come they all pronounce "spaghetti" differently?
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I'm glad I haven't watched enough cooking shows to wonder how to pronounce spaghetti. It's "pisketty" of course!
In Portugal (don't know if this is true of Brazilian Portuguese or not) spaghetti is "esparguete." For some reason, that always bugged me. What's the "r" doing in there? Sounds like asparagus. Spaghetti just should not have an r in it. That's just wrong. Posts: 3149 | Registered: Jul 2005
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I spelled it with an e until my spell check corrected me. I feel a bit of happiness right now to find out that there is a possibility that I haven't been spelling lasagne incorrectly all these years.
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In reading the school lunch menu, my German teacher asked, "What's a Tay-co?" I guess that's why she wasn't the Spanish teacher.
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You've been far more blood-thirsty than usual the past week or so. Something unpleasant happen in your personal life, or are you just working through some childhood issues?
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