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Penne is a type of pasta, so the phrase does make sense on its own. Does "poisoned spaghetti" mean anything to you?
by DoomHotel 5y ago
Penne is a type of pasta, so the phrase does make sense on its own. Does "poisoned spaghetti" mean anything to you?
- oneeyedpigeon 5y agoIt doesn't make sense outside of the pun. "Poisoned spaghetti" makes as much sense as "poisoned penne", in those terms.
- austinjp 5y ago(Not arguing, just adding some perspective.) Penne is pronounced "pennay" in the UK in my experience, making this pun kinda dysfunctional. Also as pointed out, UK cryptic crossword answers are phrases in actual use, not new word combinations. Edit to add relevant example: See 9 across ("Rotten people sin to produce malicious missive") here: https://www.fifteensquared.net/2021/03/08/independent-10733-tees/ https://www.fifteensquared.net/2021/03/08/independent-10733-... I also noticed that "poisoned pen" isn't a phrase in British English, instead it's "poison pen" or more typically "poison pen letter".
- StavrosK 5y agoIs it pronounced "pen" anywhere? That sounds very wrong to me.
- austinjp 5y agoIndeed... it seems that the consensus is tending towards this being so bad a pun that it isn't even a pun :)
- StavrosK 5y agoIt's a poisoned punne.
- whoisburbansky 5y agoLeads right into a clue hinting at Canadian origins, a la "poisoned pen, eh?"
- boffinism 5y agoSo in the UK 'poisoned spaghetti' would not be acceptable as a cryptic crossword answer, because it's not a _recognisable_ standalone phrase, even if it's a thing that could exist.