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Capitalization of food

I've just been told off by my proof-reader for not correcting this sentence in an article about cricket teas: "Most memorable of all was probably the spaghetti Bolognaise which led to the situation often described as 'the afternoon we all got runs'." She said that spaghetti should have a capital letter. I disagree. I wouldn't write Yorkshire Pudding or Irish Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation. Would you?

Noel
  

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[nq:1]I've just been told off by my proof-reader for not correcting this sentence in an article about cricket teas: "Most ... letter. I disagree.

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  • letter.
  • I disagree.
  • I wouldn't write Yorkshire Pudding or Irish Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation.
  • [/nq] I think I would.
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[nq:1]I've just been told off by my proof-reader for not correcting this sentence in an article about cricket teas: "Most ... letter. I disagree. I wouldn't write Yorkshire Pudding or Irish Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation. Would you?[/nq]
I think I would.
Spaghetti Bolognaise, Yorkshire Pudding, Irish Stew and Peach Melba are the names of dishes, and are proper names. It is cust
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[nq:2]I've just been told off by my proof-reader for not ... Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation. Would you?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think I would. Spaghetti Bolognaise, Yorkshire Pudding, Irish Stew and Peach Melba are the names of dishes, and are proper names. It is customary to capitalise proper names. [/nq]
I'll bite... though it probably illustrates the inconsistency of English more than
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[nq:1]I've just been told off by my proof-reader for not correcting this sentence in an article about cricket teas: "Most ... letter. I disagree. I wouldn't write Yorkshire Pudding or Irish Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation. Would you?[/nq]
The ninth edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary agrees with you.
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doub
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[nq:2]I wouldn't write Yorkshire Pudding or Irish Stew or Peach Melba in a similar situation. Would you?[/nq]
[nq:1]The ninth edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary agrees with you.[/nq]
So does my Oxford Guide to Style (2002), I think. 4.1.11 lists 'morocco leather' and 'Turkish delight', and wavers between 'Brussels sprouts' and 'brussels sprouts'. No sign of anything like Yorkshire Pu
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[nq:1]So does my Oxford Guide to Style (2002), I think. 4.1.11 lists 'morocco leather' and 'Turkish delight', and wavers between ... could be derived, it would seem to advocate sometimes capitalizing the attribute but never the noun. Peter, consider yourself outvoted.[/nq]
oK.

Peter Duncanson, UK
(in uk.culture.language.english)
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At 00:50:42 on Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Paul (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]With such a strong theoretical foundation laid by sprocket with supportive evidence from John Hall and IIdhund, we'd better agree, I suppose. (Who was it that once said, "I accept the universe as it is" to which some one else remarked "Gosh!..She had better..!!" ?)[/nq]
Since it was Thomas Carlyle who made
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[nq:1]Since it was Thomas Carlyle who made the riposte to Margaret Fuller's perhaps unfortunate statement, I think that "Gad, she'd better!", as generally quoted, is a smidgeon more probable than "Gosh". Although I am rather drawn by the idea of Carlyle saying "Gosh"! :-)[/nq]
We a;; know that what he really said was "Golly, golly, gumdrops."
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