To expect a cafe to be able to spell cafe au lait?

[Orangeanddemons]

On a picture on wall in said cafe. Spelt caff iau latt. Seriously.

What is wrong with these people?

A joke?

At least it wasn't café ole. Actually no. That worse.

No, it wasn't a joke. It was a picture on a wall, that had coffee related phrases on it. So we had coffee, espresso, and the caff iau latt. I was hard pressed not to say anything

Did the sign say "espresso" because that is weird if they put "caff iau latt" and not "expresso".

I wonder how many people have been in to tell them? And how many of them bought something?

Oh lay would've been better!

I did check that it wasn't espresso, but it definitely wasn't! Don't think they would care if anyone told tem. It didn't seem that sort of place iykwim

Im afraid I would have had to leave..! pulls up pedant pants

I posted about the same place lastly ear, when our cakes arrived 20 minutes before the drinks. Its just a weird little place, i doubt they know how to spell sophisticated French words correctly

They only had squirts cream for the scones too

Squirty....

I got corrected in a cafe the other week.

I asked for an espresso.

The woman replied "one EXpresso."

emphasis on the EX. Really pointedly and deliberately.

I just said yes, thank you.

It nearly killed me. But I didn't want to embarrass her by making a point of it.

I was once offered Napoleon ice cream instead of Neapolitan...

I've seen places boasting 'baggetts' with cheese and pickle..

The 'latte' thing winds me up. It's Italian and is pronounced as it is spelled, not 'lartte'' there is no 'r'. I get corrected constantly by smug non-Italian staff.

and then there are the panini's offered at the cafe near where my sister lives.

I always want to ask panini's what?

But of course, I can't, because it'll make them feel stupid and make me look like a wanker.

I heard a man asking for a 'cup of chino' once!

I am a linguist and sometimes go out with an ex-colleague, also a linguist. I hate it when she points things like this out - "I don't think you are really offering chocolate mouse, are you?" was the latest. I was so embarrassed, I felt it belittled the waitress and didn't make her look good. OTOH I can't really understand why you wouldn't make an effort to get spellings and punctuation correct, it isn't that hard to check.

A pub in town had "scorn" on the outside chalkboard menu last week. It was part of a list of vegetables you could have with a roast lunch.

oh, in the village where I live - Happy Hour 4-6

My husband had to physically restrain me from going home to get a piece of chalk and adding an 's'

I love misspelling. Always adds a bit if laughter to my day.

I had to stop and take a picture whilst on holiday a few weeks ago. There was a sign next to a cattle grid. It read "loose cattle drive carefully". Someone had taken a permanent marker and inserted the appropriate comma! It gave me a warm glow to see it!

Not food related, but in our local Matalan there was a hand written sign with Matalan spelt wrong!
I pointed it out and apparently the sign had been up a week and no one noticed!

WaitingForMe - what was the 'scorn'?

Sweetcorn? S'corn?

I asked for a ham and cheese panino once to have them 'correct' me and say "panini". I didn't say, "that would be two or more, you fuckers". I gritted my teeth and smiled instead.