It's ESPRESSO not EXPRESSO!!

[ahhhhhpushit]

How many people do I hear saying expresso?!!!

It really grates me although I can sorta see why people make the mistake...

Am I the only one??!!

yellow - I lie/remain I live. What the feck is der Deutsche for "Pedant of the Year?".

Germans, yes, but Parisians take the utter biscuit! I have friends in the south of France who just 'go with it'. Parisians? Nooo!

Vaffancolo!! My Italian extends to that!! Very strong!

I only say it in my head But honestly, every week!

DS once said it to his Italian teacher [mortified]

Nah. [proud]

FellatioNelson Sat 24-Dec-11 19:13:05
"My mum says expresso and I politely pointed out to her that she was wrong once, and she got really huffy with me about it. I think she tried to convince me that there was some optional expresso rule that I was unaware of, and I was BU to care either way."

Well, Fellatio, if wildstrawberryplace is correct in her post from Sat 24-Dec-11 13:19:13 that ...:

"officially" the word expresso does now exist as the anglicized version of the Italian word espresso. So while it may annoy you, it is not technically incorrect (by a hair). The OED, Second Edition, does include espresso and expresso, the latter being a variant of the former"

... then, Fellatio, your mum is correct that there is an optional expresso rule.