>Actually, I've lived all over the U.S. and I've only ever heard it said that way in the NE...


In Boston it would be paasta.

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>>>Americans say pawsta? I have not heard that. Sounds like it could be Boston maybe, but they pronounce a lot of words funny <g>.
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>>Maybe it's a regional thing too, although I have friends in CT and TX who both say it that way.
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>>Doug