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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by 908B64B197 on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:13PM (#35414663)
> How much of the Italian cuisine they're trying to protect would exist if they had the same attitude in the 1500s, when the tomato was introduced to Italy?

Nitpick, but there was no such thing as "Italy" in the 1500s. There were several kingdoms and city states at war against one another. Modern Italy is a 19th century invention.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by eternalban on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:42PM (#35414970)
There was a coherent and distinct civilization identifiable as Italian, regardless of nation-state notions.

https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/italian-americans-and-th...

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Bayart on Sunday April 02, 2023 @05:25PM (#35415405)
There was absolutely a sense of Italy in the 1500s, in fact it's the period where it really took off.
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