Hello, Giovanni!
You wrote on Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:50:02 +0100:

s Foodapest - 8th International Food, Drink and Food

?? Not the most euphonious or well chosen of names, IMHO :-)
?? Foodapest sounds

GD Well, even to me, whose native tongue is italian and not
GD english, sounds like food-a-pest :-) unattractive ...
GD "peste" is still used in italian, both to indicate a
GD disease ("peste suina" is a plague of pigs), or an annoying
GD person, typically a child ("piccola peste").

English has pretty similar usage for a nuisance even if insect
pests are regarded as more serious and call for eradication.
"Pestilence" is more usual for disease .


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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