>>Sure - Antipasto (one tends to forget that pasto is just Italian for a meal, isn't it, so antipasto is like a starter, as in "before-meal"?
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>I didn't forget it.........I never knew it. Does Italian user "anti" to mean before????

French for meal is "repas", an archaic English word is "repast"

Yes, it seems weird doesn't it, as the word "ante" usually means "before" (yes I know it's the stake in poker too :-)

I remember the "Fabulous Fury Freak Brothers" on a trip to Mexico getting confused as to the meaning of "alto" - Halt, High?

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>BTW...........Since this is still going on, I assume none of our Italian members have stepped in with a definitive answer. How about it guys & dolls?