liquorice@lemmy.worldB to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnyone fancy a coffee?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down18
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minus-squarebridgeburner@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoLatte is the german word for ‘slat’, so sth akin to a plank of wood. Both have in common that they are hard and rather long, so there you go.
minus-squarenodiratime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoSidenode: The pronounciation of the coffee product and the slat/erection are different.
minus-squarenodiratime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoIf you mispronounce the coffee (as a lot of people do), sure.
minus-squareglasratz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoOnly very pretentious people pronounce the coffee the Italian way in German. Probably the same people that pronounce English loan words with an exaggerated American drawl.
How?
Latte is the german word for ‘slat’, so sth akin to a plank of wood. Both have in common that they are hard and rather long, so there you go.
Sidenode: The pronounciation of the coffee product and the slat/erection are different.
No, they aren’t.
If you mispronounce the coffee (as a lot of people do), sure.
Only very pretentious people pronounce the coffee the Italian way in German. Probably the same people that pronounce English loan words with an exaggerated American drawl.