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WCDT: 2176-2180 (30 April - 4 May 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Boomslang:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 02 May 2012, 09:58 ---Would it be wrong to make a word filter that changed "expresso" to "espresso" just because that mistake bothers me more than it should?
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It's not a mistake. It's an Americanized spelling and pronunciation of a foreign word. Everyone understands what is meant when someone orders an expresso, some people just choose to be jerks about it.
Method of Madness:
Wasn't calling you out, Bachi, it just bugs me. And Boomslang, I wouldn't consider it "an Americanized spelling", that's like "color" instead of "colour". "Expresso" actually changes the pronunciation of the word, as well as making it, well...not a real word.
ink slinger:
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 02 May 2012, 06:22 ---I'm not sure if Sam looks more appalled or astonished at the idea of developing a Faye bosom.
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She appears to be a bit frightened, which is not unusually depending on how old she is supposed to be (do we know her age? I can't remember). I've known women who said that, as young girls, they were terrified about developing breasts as large as the other women in their family. Some, as adults, are glad they did. At least one is sad that she didn't.
(And, wow, I just realized that I have spent a lot of time in the friend zone; lots of talk about boobs but not a lot of actually seeing them.)
Redball:
I consider "espresso" correct. But Wikipedia points out that both are loan words, espresso from the French, expresso from Spanish, and have the sense of "press out." Express is a verb sometimes used to refer to what happens when grapes or other fruit are pressed in the first step to making wine. The usage I recall is that the juice is "expressed."
jmucchiello:
--- Quote from: Bachi-Atari on 02 May 2012, 06:25 ---Just curious how her dad's gonna put her to sleep with that expresso in her
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I'm pretty sure she's of the age where he puts her to bed by saying, "go to bed." It's her problem if sleep won't come.
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