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quirky

quirky

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First page of the thread mentions Americano. It?s quite a simple coffee that I?d prefer to just say ?May I please have a coffee? and that would translate to an Americano. What was an Americano called before it was called an Americano.


On American programmes when they ask for a ?coffee? they are usually given a filter coffee.


Ah well?.that?s my musings

quirky

quirky

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First page of the thread mentions Americano. It?s quite a simple coffee that I?d prefer to just say ?May I please have a coffee? and that would translate to an Americano. What was an Americano called before it was called an Americano.


On American programmes when they ask for a ?coffee? they are usually given a filter coffee.


Ah well?.that?s my musings

quirky

quirky

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Seabag Wrote:

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> DuncanW Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > What's wrong with Americano?

>

> Seriously?

>

> I?ve deleted from my vocabulary


>

> Long black coffee works just fine



Looks like I should have read the whole thread not just the whole page.

quirky

quirky

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Seabag Wrote:

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> DuncanW Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > What's wrong with Americano?

>

> Seriously?

>

> I?ve deleted from my vocabulary


>

> Long black coffee works just fine



Looks like I should have read the whole thread not just the whole page.

Spartacus

Spartacus

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OutOfFocus Wrote:

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> Vinyl for record.



Careful

That is a declaration of war to vinyl lovers (and I'm not just talking about people who like to dress in vinyl)


Next you will be saying a "gulp" CD is better sounding then a vinyl record (the real use of both words incidentally)

BrandNewGuy

BrandNewGuy

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Spartacus Wrote:

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> OutOfFocus Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Vinyl for record.

>

>

> Careful

> That is a declaration of war to vinyl lovers (and

> I'm not just talking about people who like to

> dress in vinyl)

>

> Next you will be saying a "gulp" CD is better

> sounding then a vinyl record (the real use of both

> words incidentally)


I suspect OutOfFocus's objection is to using "vinyl" as a synonym for "vinyl record", eg, "I bought some vinyls today." I can't stand that either.

Spartacus

Spartacus

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BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Spartacus Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > OutOfFocus Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > Vinyl for record.

> >

> >

> > Careful

> > That is a declaration of war to vinyl lovers

> (and

> > I'm not just talking about people who like to

> > dress in vinyl)

> >

> > Next you will be saying a "gulp" CD is better

> > sounding then a vinyl record (the real use of

> both

> > words incidentally)

>

> I suspect OutOfFocus's objection is to using

> "vinyl" as a synonym for "vinyl record", eg, "I

> bought some vinyls today." I can't stand that

> either.


Technically the plural of vinyl is vinyl not vinyls but that's a purist argument 😱


Malumbu what did you do when you bought an extended play (EP) or singles or got a 12 inch 🤔 none of those are a long play (LP)


It's a minefield


But saying all that I always went to a record shop to buy all of them 😎

Sue

Sue

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Nigello Wrote:

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> Ms does not necessarily denote marital status.

> Some married women use it with a surname that

> maybe is their married name but not necessarily.



But that's exactly my point!


Ms does not denote marital status, in exactly the same way that Mr does not denote marital status.


And I thought that "master" used to be used for young boys, though I don't know at what age they became "mister/Mr".


And I know many women who are quite happy to use Miss and Mrs. Each to their own 🙂


But to the best of my knowledge adult men have never acknowledged their marital status by changing their title.


I wonder why that would be 🙄

SpringTime

SpringTime

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Sue Wrote:

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> Nigello Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Ms does not necessarily denote marital status.

> > Some married women use it with a surname that

> > maybe is their married name but not

> necessarily.

>

>

> But that's exactly my point!

>

> Ms does not denote marital status, in exactly the

> same way that Mr does not denote marital status.

>

> And I thought that "master" used to be used for

> young boys, though I don't know at what age they

> became "mister/Mr".

>

> And I know many women who are quite happy to use

> Miss and Mrs. Each to their own 🙂

>

> But to the best of my knowledge adult men have

> never acknowledged their marital status by

> changing their title.

>

> I wonder why that would be 🙄


Some guys still like Esq. on their post. Is that ok?

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