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Old Wed, May-08-19, 07:47
HappyLC HappyLC is offline
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Originally Posted by Bob-a-rama
I grew up eating macaroni (now mostly called pasta) but I haven't had any in decades.


Sorry to go off on a tangent (though it seems to be what I do best), but I was just thinking about this recently. When did macaroni become pasta? I actually googled the question and found this:

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“Macaroni became ‘pasta’ on the same day the hobo became ‘the homeless,’ the trailer house became the ‘mobile home’ and stock-car racing became ‘NASCAR.’”


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