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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
I've always treated "ravioli" as Latin and refer to a single one as a "raviolus" as in "There's only one raveolus left; you want it?" So it should be "raviolo"? Tough. "Raviolus" sounds funnier.  |
That's right - the 2nd declension masculine "-us" ending of Latin has become "-o" in Italian. So if you're not very hungry you might decide to have a spaghetto or a raviolo for lunch. Or you might very mildly deface a wall with a graffito
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