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[–] -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Pasta is a class of noodles. Udon and spätzle are also noodles, but they're not pasta.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    It is the other way around, a noodle is a type of pasta.

    Pasta literally means paste, it refers to the dough pasta is made from. Is fact, it also means dough and pastry.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Loanwords can change meanings after borrowing. "Pasta" in German and English refers the Italian specialties, while pasta in Italian means any kind of noodle and even some dumplings. "Noodle" kept its meaning in English from German nudel / Dutch noedel.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    No.

    Spaghetti can be classed as a noodle. Not all pasta however is the long thin strand necessary to be classed as a noodle.

    I absolutely despise the continued american assault on language. Words have meaning, even if americans are too stupid to understand the concept.

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