ADS-L Digest - 21 Dec 2008 to 22 Dec 2008 (#2008-357)

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In a message dated 12/23/2008 12:03:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU writes:


but then there are a few sites (from evident non-native speakers)  with
things like the following:

KITP - Egypt [EG]
Want to buy  Fish, Butter
Dear Sir
We are a company deals in field of food stuff and  we would like to
import the following items:
1- Haring fish.
Origin:  Netherlands - Norway
Specifications: 3-5 fishes / 1 kgm.
2- Mackerel  fish.
3- Macaroni fish.
4- Natural butter.
Origin: Australia - New  Zealand - Netherlands
Specifications: Not salted
Please send your price  and specifications.
Best regards,
Adel El  Mohandes

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clearly "macaroni fish" here is not mackerel,  since "mackerel fish" is
also on this (short) list.  so it's  puzzling.

arnold
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Just a guess, but could he be referring to a fish with scales that look  like
elbow macaroni?  I've seen pictures of these; don't what they're  called.

Obviously there are plenty of shapes of macaroni; and being half Italian,  I
usually spell out what shape I mean.  But among my
not-even-a-little-bit-Italian friends, it's common to use the term "macaroni"  to refer soley to elbow
macaroni.  Perhaps Aden El Mohandes, above,  thinks the same way.

Rosemarie

What flies and goes "OH-OH-OH!"? Santa  flying backwards!






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