The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153065   Message #3583201
Posted By: GUEST,Musket
11-Dec-13 - 04:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: Pedants be damned
Subject: RE: BS: Pedants be damned
Pedantry alert..

Loo, not Lew, Johnny Foreigner. Be a good chap and do try to keep up.

A good few years ago when a large shopping centre (sadly, we too see the word "mall" being used these days,) opened near us, I went into a coffee shop. Their menu offered "expresso." Not wanting to be crass and point out the error, I still wasn't going to join in either and and asked for an espresso. I was delighted to be told by the waitress I was saying it wrong.....