Lasagna/Lasagne

Ok, I read that entire thread about the lasagna/lasagne. And it seems to me that this is the same exact thing we went through a while ago with the meow or the miaow. It just depends how you want to spell it. But since someone was wanting to know how lasagna/lasagne is spelt in *America*. This is what the Webster's Dictionary, which has all of the american spellings in it says:

la*sa*gna (noun)

[Italian lasagna, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin lasania cooking pot, its contents, from Latin lasanum chamber pot, from Greek lasanon]

First appeared 1846

1 also la*sa*gne : pasta in the form of broad often ruffled ribbons

2 : a baked dish consisting chiefly of layers of boiled lasagna, cheese, and a seasoned sauce of tomatoes and usu. meat

So you see, it says either way. And there was no plural in the dictionary, so I would assume that if you go by the standard rules of *american* english, you would say either: "Look at all those lasagnas" or "Look at all that lasagna"

-Kat

Monica:"Fine! Judge all you want to but (to Ross) married a lesbian, (to Rachel) left a man at the altar, (to Phoebe) fell in love with a gay ice dancer, (to Joey) threw a girl's wooden leg into the fire, (to Chandler) live in a box."

I wasn't even aware there was such a debate, but you just gave us a perfect answer. I just wish I knew if this was a debate over the vegetarian lasagnas or the lasagnas Mrs. Geller bought in case Monica pulled a Monica.

In article , "David Ballarotto" wrote:

It's about how to spell the title of 112 "TOW the Dozen Lasagnes".

We decided in the end that lasagne is the Italian plural of lasagna (the individual piece of pasta) so the English superplural was lasagnes - as in spaghetto, spaghetti, spaghettis.

Tennant

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But, Friends is not based in Italy or the UK. Friends is based in America. In America, it is lasagna or lasagnas.

Another thing that irks me is when the Friends calendars from the UK are supposedly quoting the show, quote them saying the word MOM as MUM. They do not say the word MUM!!!! It is MOM MOM MOM MOM!!!!!

Thank You!!!

Lora

Beware the wrath of Lora!! And don't even get her *started* on theater or theatre or cinema! :)

No Problem!!!

Larissa

Remember, we go to the movies, they go to cinema.

Lora

We go to THE cinema.

Jac

Don't worry, I will *never* forget that. :)

Larissa

I go wherever I damn well please. :)

Jon (Who uses movies and the cinema interchangeably.)

[email] wrote

But MOM just sounds so.... silly! :)

Jac (who had a Mummy and now a Murm*)

* same woman! "Murm" is the phonetic pronunciation of "mum" in the town where she now lives, and I call her that to wind her up. :)

In article , "Jacqui" wrote:

MUM.

town

Mummy? Now that is just scary. Egypt, pyramids, dead pharos, I wouldn't want to associate my mother with that. ;)

Lora

mom doesnt sound silly at all!! It just depends where you're raised. But its true that if you're quoting an american show, you should use the american words that they do, or else its not a quote its an interpretation. -Kat

Monica:"Fine! Judge all you want to but (to Ross) married a lesbian, (to Rachel) left a man at the altar, (to Phoebe) fell in love with a gay ice dancer, (to Joey) threw a girl's wooden leg into the fire, (to Chandler) live in a box."

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 18:49:14 +0100, "Jacqui" whispered silently:

Hi Jacqui!

I'm not really here so shhhh...but my mum is from Birmingham and she still calls her mum 'Mom' (which is what people from the West Midlands tend to call their maternal bodies (I even saw Mother's Day cards with 'Mom' on them in Birmingham many years ago)) even though she doesn't have a Birmingham accent anymore. (I think she lost that when she was eleven or so).

-Jane-

These days, they're not done The red summer sun...

Jacqui wrote in message ...

I think there's a little confusion here between mum,mam and mom.

An American who says 'mom' is actually pronouncing it 'marm', similar to an Englishman addressing his queen ('Yes, ma'am?)

A southern Englishman who says 'mum' is shortening 'mother' (pronounced 'muther'). So mum matches mother far better than mom matches mother, because of the pronounciation of mother in American and English (which is very similar). This is not to belittle American.

A northern Englishman who says 'mam' (pronounced as you see it) is quite close to the pronounciation of the American shortening of madam, and nothing like the english pronounciation of the shortening of madam (see above).

Hah. Make some sense out of that.

Okay. If it's spelled lasagna in the United States, those who are Americans can spell it lasagna. If it's spelled lasagne in Europe, that's how you can spell it if you're in Europe. After all, many books from England have one title in that country and a different title in the U.S. (Agatha Christie books are a good example.) What's the big deal?

In Spain it's spelled LASA�A Bye, Annie.-

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In English Cat Hat In French Chat Chapeau In Spanish It's el gato en un sombrero

say what?? do you mean Cat in the hat? because you said "cat hat" in english and in french, but in spanish you said "the cat in the hat"

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[email] wrote:

ah, but its british english so it is mum. I mean if it were a french or italian calendar the quote would be in french or italian and it definitely wouldn't be in english. So if you think of british english as a foreign language then mum is correct

MUM.

Ahem... You mean English English is not English? lol.

Jac