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I'd say, besides vermicelli, the next most obvious Chinese to Italian pasta shape would have to be ravioli or perhaps tortolini?
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I thought "breech birth" was spelt "breach birth"....
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I thought "breech birth" was spelt "breach birth"....
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Dear Stales,
I just checked Bartleby and the only spelling listed there was breech for both breech birth and breech delivery.
About pasta, when my daughter visited Japan, she said noodle houses were as predominant there as MacDonald's are here.
Broached regards,
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Broached regards,
DubDub
You mean you've machined your regards with an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool? Or did you hang them from a spire? I hope you did not aspire to inspire such thoughts! Truth to tell, the first time I ever heard the word, broach, it was in reference to the machine tool.
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Dear Geoff: Wordwind meant she had broached a cask of wine for all to enjoy.
Unhappily the word "broach" always reminds me of having a root canal opened up with one by dentist.
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Wordwind meant she had broached a cask of wine for all to enjoy.We've gone from brooch to broccoli to bacchanales in one thread? OK, WW, fill 'er up; let the revels begin! Besides, DR. Bill, the wine will dull that toothache! Hmmm... Which Greek philosopher was it who said something to the effect that no philosophy on earth could dull a toothache? Hence, the rise of the symposium to cure the aches philosophy couldn't. 
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>Which Greek philosopher was it who said something to the effect that no philosophy on earth could dull a toothache?
that would be the ol' Greek philosopher Will Shakespeare:
“For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently, however they have writ the style of gods, and made a push at chance and sufferance.” Much Ado about Nothing
-joe (philosophic help, 5¢) friday
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Don't forget creek and crick! And, you're right Geoff, if you attended a Greek symposium you would certainly wind up "feeling no pain"! 
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Don't forget creek and crick!
And, you're right Geoff, if you attended a Greek symposium you would certainly wind up "feeling no pain"
Well, after going up the creek on the attribution of the toothache line, I could use a good dose of pain medicine! 'Twasn't a full brain fart, just a bit of borborygmus.
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