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WCDT: 23-27 May 2011 (1931-1935)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 May 2011, 05:10 ---
--- Quote from: themacnut on 26 May 2011, 02:00 ---expresso
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Damn it, why do people think this is a word?
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http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,20434.msg1038830.html#msg1038830
(For amusement, see also my post a couple below.)
mike837go:
That still doesn't explain why so many people use the wrong non-word! :psyduck:
Express means fast.
Espresso comes from the fact that steam (pressure) is used.
When I worked at a coffee shop, we ignored anybody that asked for a cup of expresso. :-P
Orbert:
It's because everyone knows the word "express", and coffee makes you go faster, so concentrated coffee = "expresso".
Border Reiver:
Most dictionaries very clearly indicate that the proper word is "espresso" from the Italian, but that the use of "expresso" is "strictly incorrect, but commonly used". Meaning that we're likely to see it become an actual recognized word in several years as the language evolves.
Heliphyneau:
--- Quote from: Welu on 26 May 2011, 07:13 ---I enjoy the use of hair as an expressive feature in the QC universe. The way Dora's hair jumps in the last panel is quite amusing to me.
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I enjoy that too. :-D And I know it's just to convey the emotional reaction, but part of me kinda wants the hair to have some level of sentience -- like "What is it girl? Timmy's fallen down a well? Could he maybe roast some coffee beans while he's down there?"
I'm still amused by the appearance of Pizza Girl at Pen-Pen's doorstep. If I had any Photoshop skillz, I'd put Dragonball Z hair on them in the panel where they're yelling. We'll probably never find out for sure, since the mystery adds to the funny, but . . . shades of Fight Club?
And about the use of the non-word "expresso" . . . when people frequently get the your/you're and there/their/they're things wrong and unironically use leetspeak, I find it hard to get too upset about misspellings. It's not that I don't notice (and hey, I've made my share of typos), it's more that I've built up a level of brain calluses from having read so many. The people who say "expresso" when ordering one probably get at least a bonus sneer from the baristas.
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