There's no X in espresso - Page 2

#11: Post by **ex trahere** » June 10th, 2012, 3:19 pm

I prefer:

There's no s in exprexxo

Saw it on a t-shirt once, pretty hilarious, and makes people that say express-o realize how silly they sound.

#12: Post by **Crankypants** » June 10th, 2012, 5:10 pm

There's a radio advertisement for the local RSL Club that invites you to "Come and enjoy a fresh cup of coffee. How about a freshly made expresso?" Or something to that effect. I can't help but get mental images of a breast milk latte or cappuccino every time I hear it.

June 13th, 2012, 12:52 am

#!/bin/bash

find / | while read "fname"
do
     if [ -f "$fname" ]; then
          tmp='cat "$fname" | sed 's/espresso/espresso/g''
          echo "$tmp" > "$fname"
     fi
done

echo "There. Fixed that for you."

Seriously, though, don't run that.

#14: Post by **troposcuba** » June 15th, 2012, 1:12 am

I am Italian. Jim's right. Express translates to espresso as in "il treno espresso" (the express train)... and yes, we order "un cafe" or "un doppio" when we want a shot. Order "un cafe corretto" (coffee correct) if you want to make things interesting. Typically I have been asked if I wanted "cafe Americano" when talking about what most Americans consider a regular cup of coffee.

#15: Post by **Arpi** » June 16th, 2012, 9:29 am

"expreso" is correct depending on what language is used

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_expreso

Cheers

#16: Post by **MikeMooney** » June 18th, 2012, 10:43 am

troposcuba wrote:I am Italian. Jim's right. Express translates to espresso as in "il treno espresso" (the express train)... and yes, we order "un cafe" or "un doppio" when we want a shot. Order "un cafe corretto" (coffee correct) if you want to make things interesting. Typically I have been asked if I wanted "cafe Americano" when talking about what most Americans consider a regular cup of coffee.

Um, I may be incorrect on this, but shouldn't the Italian spelling be "caffe," not "cafe?"

#17: Post by **indraunt** » June 18th, 2012, 2:11 pm

Was there really any point in this? If you are questioning Troposcuba's claim of Italian heritage, perhaps you should question how often people who speak your language natively spell everything perfectly.

Frankly I think it's a fantastic point that when referring to the drink, "espresso" is not the word traditionally used in Italy. In english we really should just be ordering a "fast coffee" :p

#18: Post by **MikeMooney** » June 18th, 2012, 3:27 pm

Sure, there was a point...I wanted to know how to spell the word. Easy there, no harm intended--thus my preamble that I may be incorrect. In all my reading, I had always seen it spelled with 2 "f"'s--and in conversation, I had always doubled the consonant in pronunciation.

#19: Post by **LaDan** » June 18th, 2012, 3:38 pm

Well, since you asked twice. It is neither cafe, nor caffe. It is caffè.

°°°

#20: Post by **MikeMooney** » June 18th, 2012, 3:43 pm

Thank you! I didn't know how to type the accent mark!