Italian spaghetti

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:10 AM -0500 2/18/09, Herb Stahlke wrote:
>I took a friend to my cottage recently for some fishing.  One evening
>I fixed spaghetti with meat sauce for dinner and served the pasta in
>one dish and the sauce in another.  He  referred to this as "Italian
>spaghetti," and I realized shortly that he was contrasting this with
>pasta and sauce served mixed together in one dish.  He has lived in
>Central Indiana all his life, but I haven't heard the expression
>around here before.  Has anyone else run into this use of "Italian
>spaghetti"?
>
>Herb
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Oh, I see.  So it is restrictive, and I suppose it really is a
retronym of sorts.  Or just short for "Italian-style spaghetti".

LH

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