On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:41:08 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
wrote:

> I'm glad you spoke up. My born-in-Italy friends tell me that spoons
> are used there by young children and maladroit foreigners. We wonder
> why even the most pretentious Italian restaurants here serve them to
> everyone.

I thought that spoon twirling thing was Sicilian.

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