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WCDT: 23-27 May 2011 (1931-1935)

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ElvisRevenge:
I don't think we'll see anything of the party itself, but I do expect a WICKED live-tweet session with all the characters' twitter feeds.

mike837go:

--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 26 May 2011, 09:51 ---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.

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My feelings on the subject (NSFW):
http://headtrip.keenspot.com/d/20060706.html

'nuf said

DSL:

--- Quote from: ElvisRevenge on 26 May 2011, 12:13 ---I don't think we'll see anything of the party itself, but I do expect a WICKED live-tweet session with all the characters' twitter feeds.

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I still want to see if all the mad-at-Faye tweets, from a couple weeks back, or something related to them, manifest in the comic. Hey, you don't suppose ... ?

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Orbert on 26 May 2011, 09:44 ---It's because everyone knows the word "express", and coffee makes you go faster, so concentrated coffee = "expresso".

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OK, wait a minute...

Espress ("to press out" in Italian) is from the same root as Express ("to press out" in English).  While the secondary meaning of "quick" has associated itself to express (as in delivery), "expressed coffee" is still a valid description of espresso.  Thus, while the Italians developed the stuff (and the machines), I beleive expresso would be a valid American/Anglification of the term. 

And yay for expressive hair, through which the emotions of the wearer are squeezed...

Near Lurker:
Yeah; "espresso" and "express" are basically the same word, it's just that it's lost its literal meaning in English.  In pretty much every Western Romance language, that's what it's called: "el café exprés," "le café express," "o café expresso," etc.

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