Re: SCALLOPINE MEXICA NA

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 5/11/06 1:08:05 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> 
> "El mole poblano": 451 hits
> "Il mole poblano": 35 hits, mostly--surprise!--in Italian
> "La mole poblano": 1 hit, in French
> 
> oh, and just to complete the survey,
> 
> "Le mole poblano":  108 hits
> 

Well, check "mole poblana"--95 hits. It appears that MOLE is an epicene noun 
in Spanish.

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