Wake up and smell the covfefe?

sjbabbey posted:

Wake up and smell the covfefe?

Would that be an "expresso" covfefe?

Tony2011 posted:

sjbabbey posted:

Wake up and smell the covfefe?

Would that be an "expresso" covfefe?

No it's a Latatete covfefe

Tony2011 posted:

Hungryhalibut posted:

Romi posted:

Despite all else I still think the most epedemic cancerous growth (I can predict someone correcting me in the use of my language)  of the English language, whether spoken by public and to my horror has crept into the television programmes such as Escape to the Country where it was spoken by the commentator (not the buyers) is the phrase 'I was stood there'.  Whats wrong with the correct grammatical term 'I was standing there?'.  At work it has become the norm to say 'I was stood there' and when I correct my colleagues to the correct term they view me with great delight and on purpose say other incorrect terms such as 'I was sat there'; but this gives me hope in that they understood the incorrect grammatical term they used.  I can still tolerate my colleagues misuse of the English Language but when it slips into the media I start to worry. Maybe the standard of editors in the media is sadly falling in regard to the correct use of the English language, I just wished the did the job correctly to the accepted standard of at least GCSE standard; is that really too much to ask of them?

You'll find a missing apostrophe and the incorrect use of a comma in your post as well as at least two spelling mistakes. 

YOU WILL  also find that the use of contractions  in written form are grammatically incorrect and unacceptable. But Iain't no puritan and apparently when used in a friendly way seems to be okay!

Contractions are perfectly acceptable after eight o'clock.

"epidemic".  Just sayin'. 

Meaning of “espresso” in the English Dictionary

Yep, if you are drinking strong concentrated black coffee usually in a small cup, in English you would often say you were drinking an expresso.

People I know say es- not ex- presso.

Erich posted:

Is the dictrionary wrong and should I say "expresso"?

No, and no.

But it is a not uncommon mispronunciation.

Yes, it is a common pronunciation.

Simon-in-Suffolk posted:

Yep, if you are drinking strong concentrated black coffee usually in a small cup, in English you would often say you were drinking an expresso.

Only if you didn't know how to say the word properly. Espresso is correct, expresso is wrong. 

In many ways I think the term 'expresso' could be construed as being correct, given that 99% of coffee that is termed espresso is complete garbage and served as quickly as possible to extract the largest amount of money from the gullible cretins who buy it.

Nick from Suffolk posted:

In many ways I think the term 'expresso' could be construed as being correct, given that 99% of coffee that is termed espresso is complete garbage and served as quickly as possible to extract the largest amount of money from the gullible cretins who buy it.

Personally I can't stand it - but I think tgat is a wrong  assessment, given the strength, though undoubtedly there's a difference between different sources, perhaps say  genuine aficionados and mass market outlets. Cappucino, which I do like, essentially is made with a shot of espresso and frothed-up milk. In some places it is tasteless, and takes at least a second espresso to taste even vaguely of coffee - but in good places it has a decent coffee flavour, but without the painfully intense bitterness of espresso. I also enjoy coffee with milk, which in some places is made with the same espresso, with added hot water and a moderate amount of milk.

That said, I have to observe that my best experiences of coffee have been in other countries, not Britain, so maybe your assessment of eXpresso is generally appropriate here...

COVFEFE had nothing to do with coffee. It was code for:

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Everyone

Nick from Suffolk posted:

In many ways I think the term 'expresso' could be construed as being correct, given that 99% of coffee that is termed espresso is complete garbage and served as quickly as possible to extract the largest amount of money from the gullible cretins who buy it.

I may be a gullible cretin, but I'll drink whatever coffee I like, thanks. In my experience, any establishment that sells weak espresso will also sell regular coffee that tastes like dishwater too, and should be avoided. It's an unfortunate fact that us tea-drinking Brits don't do coffee very well. 

I'm quite partial to a smarting espresso. You can tell it's a good one by the temperature,  too hot and it will be spoiled. Made at 90 degrees and served at an easy to drink straight away 60 something degrees (please correct me as I'm not sure the precise temperature) is how it should be.

A current gripe of mine is people being interviewed, starting their response to a question with 'So ........... '

And as for 'haitch' for H. We don't need no edjoocayshun - allegedly.

John.

With apologies to Tororo and our fishy friend, how about "Haitch Haitch"?

J.N. posted:

... We don't need no edjoocayshun - allegedly.

John.

How about this, it's one of the themes in here...

Journey of Life

From first the time we reach the light
then for ourselves a constant fight
The wonders lost as doctrine’s spread
with programmes thrust within each head
Now sleeping still as normal men
like sheep we stay within the pen
We fight a world that all appals
and hide behind our self-built walls
To be as gods we just need believe
           at any time
                      we know how to leave

Copyright © 2016 by Hugh S. Ellis
Released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non‑Commercial Share‑Alike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY‑NC‑SA).

Which begs the question... When writing in verse, which (if any) of the rules of grammar can be freely broken and which are still required?

N.B. note the split infinitive!

Was only reading. ". The art of versification and the technicalities of poetry" by R.F Brewer, 1937, the other day. Which gives an absolute although somewhat dated thorough going over such trifles.

TOBYJUG posted:

Was only reading. ". The art of versification and the technicalities of poetry" by R.F Brewer, 1937, the other day. Which gives an absolute although somewhat dated thorough going over such trifles.

Sherry trifle?

Another one I hate, unfortunately becoming more and more commonplace, is "my bad". Your bad what? Back? Dog? Taste in music? Temper? 

Another one I hate, unfortunately becoming more and more commonplace, is "my bad". Your bad what? Back? Dog? Taste in music? Temper? 

Breath.