I love pasta, the staple Italian cuisine. Do you enjoy it?
Hmm, to say that I love pasta would be something of an understatement, let's say. What's your favorite noodle style?
I have to say I love gnocchi. I make it myself by hand just as it was traditionally done. Sometimes people use machines, or buy commercially produced stuff. But I keep it traditional.  
Ooh I like that! Stick some nice spicy arrabbiata sauce with it, ahhhh! Have you ever had bucatini before?
Oh yeah! I love that spicy garlic and tomato sauce. No I have not had bucatini. Is that a type of cheese? 
Now you're speakin' my language. No no, it's a style of noodle, like a really long straw. Bucatini amatraciana is insanely good.
I'll have to try it out some time soon. There are 310 different forms of pasta to taste. I've tried maybe 5 or 6.. I'm way behind schedule! 
You can get them at Trader Joe's or like a halfway decent whole foods place, usually. Not that expensive. Also try cavatappi. It's like bucatini but little corkscrews, lol.
Wow, you sound like the pasta expert here. There are different names that very depending on the locale in Italy. But I'll definitely check out the ones you mentioned thank you!