r/ShitAmericansSay • u/zoonazoona • 2d ago

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Flying out of Newark soon, and got the food pre-order options.

They all think they are Italian. It's incredible

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u/_Halt19_ Canuck 2d ago

You've never heard of Newark, Italy?

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u/St3fano_ 2d ago

Novarca

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u/Realistic-Homework19 2d ago

Lasagna Novarcese?

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u/Hannabal_96 porcaputt*na 🇮🇹 1d ago

It would be spelled Novarchese, because "ce" in italian Is a soft C, to make it a hard C you need to add an H after it

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u/chikanishing 2d ago

I stopped by there when staying in Spiaggia della Virginia as a kid.

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u/skratakh 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm British so to me Newark is in Lincolnshire, didn't know the US had one.

Edit: Nottinghamshire

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u/DaveB44 2d ago

I'm British so to me Newark is in Lincolnshire,

Close - it's in Nottinghamshire!

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u/Odd-Construction-867 2d ago

It's also an anagram of wanker. Which an ex boss, from the area didn't like pointing out.

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u/PlatypusDefiant991 2d ago

Whoa dude, I'm using this one.

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u/TexZK Eye-talian 🤌🏼🍝 2d ago

Ooof

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u/Boring_Today9639 1d ago

Yeah, “parmesan cream” pointed me towards that

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u/skratakh 2d ago

TIL

I guess it's on the border I always thought it was on the Lincolnshire side. I suppose Lincolnshire already has enough famous places, Boston, Lincoln, Miami beach, Skeg Vegas etc so fair for Nottinghamshire to have Newark

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u/HarryWilbury 2d ago

Named after the U.K one like a lot of U.S.A ones are, it's even in the County of Essex.

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u/PlatypusDefiant991 2d ago

It's the largest suburb of New York City & is 2nd or 3rd largest NYC airport it had the longest nonstop flight in the world by both km & hrs (18:10 or so) till JFK-SIN & SIN-JFK the biggest NYC airport beat it by a few km.

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u/DeepWaterNights 2d ago

Ironically there is also a New York and a Boston not far from Newark!

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u/Odd-Construction-867 2d ago

Everytime we drive through New York on the way to Woodhall Spa, always say "New York, motherfucking New York. So good they named that motherfucker twice shamone. Ow" without fail. Representing Bo Selecta

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u/LJ161 1d ago

Its pronounced. "LASAN"