WOW- this thread has been going for 10 years and no one has mentioned "all the sudden," instead of all of a sudden, or
"ex-specially" - as in, "You look exspecially lovely this evening, darling."

I also had a friend who liked to say things her own way, and one of my favorites is so apropo of today--"We're goin' to Hell in a handbag..."

Yes, it is true that old beatniks say "expresso,"
rather than espresso--as Americanized in the 1940's and 50's, when "pasta" was still macaroni. I personally like the sound of "expresso." (Why, then, do I not like "exspecially?")