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December

This has to be said.

Posted by | Under: Language Mafia | 3 Responses

“Espresso” does NOT, nor HAS it ever, nor WILL it ever, have an “X” in it. If you are one of those to whom this is news, please make a note of it because you people are just bugging the hell out of me.

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3 Responses to “This has to be said.”

  1. dan
    December 7th, 2009 at

    who does that? I was not aware that this type of shenanigans was going on. There’s no “X” in Espreso. Damn.

  2. Bragger
    December 7th, 2009 at

    That is also one of my pet peeves. Of which I have many. An asterisk is also not a star. That’s another one. Should I keep going, or have I convinced you already?

  3. Jessie
    December 9th, 2009 at

    Ooh! My mom does that. She also says dinetap instead of dimetap. Argh!

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