Talk:Funistrada

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Re hang on: The entry is a description of a a unique and interesting phenomenon in the history of food (as well as psychology and word formation). It is discussed in the authoritative Oxford Companion to Food, and, in the Web site referred to, its absence in Wiki is lamented.

Best, Rob Shlishke (talk) 08:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That does not make sense. The "authoritative Oxford Companion to Food" simply cites Bryson; Davidson was clearly tickled by the story and decided to include it. The book is not "authoritative," it is well written and worth having but is very personal and cannot be relied on without checking more scholarly sources. I have altered the wording of the article to reflect the dubious status of all its statements; I personally would vote to delete the article, since it is based on nothing more than the unsupported statement of the notoriously unreliable Bryson. Languagehat (talk) 22:51, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the notable warning. Added additional references including the original US military source. Mindme (talk)

funistrada <- // fuoristrada[edit]

I am not a linguist, but there is no way that the these two terms are phonetically similar. In fuoristrada the "U" is a semivowel (similar to the "W" in "women"), but the "U" in funistrada is a vowel (same as the sound in "food"). To me - Italian native speaker, funi- makes me think of a string (fune), or, to be generous, of the famous song "funiculi-funicula". 207.112.62.181 (talk) 04:05, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]