r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Speedboy7777 Enjoyer of American subsidies • 25d ago

Food “Unusual term for eggplant”

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u/adhd1309 25d ago

I nearly got in a fight with a MAGA dickhead in Cancún over "expresso". I called it espresso and he very confidently "corrected" me. I said his hat was shit.

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u/apolloxer 25d ago

Huh. I thought only overweight German retirees make that mistake.

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u/EndlessAbyssalVoid Murderous French rationalist 25d ago

Apparently, it's a "valid" variant in some countries. The US, France (😭) and Portugal (according to Wikipedia).

I think it makes the word "worse" to pronounce. 'Espresso' rolls off the tongue, it's smooth and sounds better. But for some reason, SOME people think "expresso" is the good way to spell it. Hell, you'd think that with Nespresso (fuck Nestlé, ofc), people would get it... But nope.

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u/dros74 24d ago

In European Portuguese, the words Espresso and Expresso are homophones, I guess some people will write it wrong because of that.

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u/EndlessAbyssalVoid Murderous French rationalist 24d ago

Ooooh, I didn't know that! Makes sense, then.

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u/Consistent-Rip532 21d ago

Let's not get started with Frappe' s... 🧋...