What's in a name?

Apparently, there's a world of difference in what you call things.

Pasta or noodles? Alex (recently turned 4) refuses to eat pasta "I don't like pasta. It's horrible". BUT he loves noodles. So, for dinner tonight I cooked meatballs in a sweet and sour sauce, with noodles. Or pasta. Or linguine. Or spaghetti. He LOVED it! So long as I call it noodles, it looks like I'm ok.


"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

Romeo & Juliet
William Shakespeare