On Jul 17, 12:31*pm, sf > wrote:
> 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.

My friends are from Rome. Maybe they think of Sicilians as maladroit
foreigners. :-)

Jerry
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