Why do Italians call milk "latte"? Are they stupid?

[Simon Ferrol]

My niece went to Italy and she was pissed off, because every time she
ordered a latte, she got just a glass of cold milk.

Why do they have to take a word from English and change its meaning?

SF

[Bruce]

Bloody Italians do that all the time. They think shrimp scampi is
about two different animals, shrimp and scampi. Totally clueless.

[Colin Bignell]

More to the point, why do coffees sold in the UK have so many different
names? You used to just order coffee, either black or white, with cream
also sometimes offered.

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[Bruce]

"Cold milk" for a "cold fish"?

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[Brian Gaff]

Whenever I went to a Spanish territory, if you just asked for milk they sent
you hot milk, you had to say Freeo or some to get it cold and of course if
you did not want it long life there was only one place to get it on some of
the canary isles, as they don't have room for pastures. Brian

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[Clive Page]

On 25/07/2023 11:48, Brian Gaff wrote:
> Whenever I went to a Spanish territory, if you just asked for milk they sent
> you hot milk, you had to say Freeo or some to get it cold and of course if
> you did not want it long life there was only one place to get it on some of
> the canary isles, as they don't have room for pastures. Brian

When having breakfast in a restaurant in Italy earlier this year I asked for some milk to pour over my muesli because I couldn't find it on the buffet counter - I was asked "hot or cold?".


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Clive Page

[Ed P]

Ignorance. They copied pizza too and still can't make it as good as our
original with things like bbq chicken.

Most of their cheeses are horrible, not properly processed like Kraft
slices.

[Scott]

I think President Bush once said the French do not have a word for
entreprenuer.

[JNugent]

On 25/07/2023 10:56 am, Colin Bignell wrote:

> On 25/07/2023 09:52, Simon Ferrol wrote:

>> My niece went to Italy and she was pissed off, because every time she
>> ordered a latte, she got just a glass of cold milk.
>
>> Why do they have to take a word from English and change its meaning?

Straight from the pages of Quora.

>
>> SF
>
> More to the point, why do coffees sold in the UK have so many different
> names? You used to just order coffee, either black or white, with cream
> also sometimes offered.

I think that many of the names for different formulations of coffee are
fanciful. Some catch on.

"Flat white", anybody?

[Max Demian]

Some people like hot milk on cereal; even in Britain.

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Max Demian

[Max Demian]

On 25/07/2023 16:11, Scott wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:50:10 -0400, Ed P <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>> On 7/25/2023 4:52 AM, Simon Ferrol wrote:

>>> My niece went to Italy and she was pissed off, because every time she
>>> ordered a latte, she got just a glass of cold milk.
>>>
>>> Why do they have to take a word from English and change its meaning?

>> Ignorance. They copied pizza too and still can't make it as good as our
>> original with things like bbq chicken.
>>
>> Most of their cheeses are horrible, not properly processed like Kraft
>> slices.
>
> I think President Bush once said the French do not have a word for
> entreprenuer.

Reagan said that there isn't a word for truth in Russian, despite their
having a well known publication called Pravda.

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Max Demian

[Andy Burns]

Max Demian wrote:

> Some people like hot milk on cereal; even in Britain.

I seem to remember we were only allowed hot milk on Shredded Wheat.

[Scott]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:45:07 +0100, Max Demian
<max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>On 25/07/2023 16:11, Scott wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:50:10 -0400, Ed P <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>>> On 7/25/2023 4:52 AM, Simon Ferrol wrote:
>
>>>> My niece went to Italy and she was pissed off, because every time she
>>>> ordered a latte, she got just a glass of cold milk.
>>>>
>>>> Why do they have to take a word from English and change its meaning?
>
>>> Ignorance. They copied pizza too and still can't make it as good as our
>>> original with things like bbq chicken.
>>>
>>> Most of their cheeses are horrible, not properly processed like Kraft
>>> slices.
>>
>> I think President Bush once said the French do not have a word for
>> entreprenuer.

I think I meant entrepreneur. The parody on nucular was unintended:-)

>
>Reagan said that there isn't a word for truth in Russian, despite their
>having a well known publication called Pravda.

Very good.

[Bruce]

Why do Republicans always first have to fail an intelligence test
before they're allowed to run for president?

[Max Demian]

...which tastes of wet string however you serve it.

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Max Demian

[JNugent]

Was it the makers of Ready-Brek whose advertising strapline (in an ad
showing the product served with hot milk) was "Central heating for kids"?

[Max Demian]

The advertisement showed them glowing radioactively.

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Max Demian

[JNugent]

Yes... it's all coming back to me!

[Bruce]

Please add that France is a country in Europe where English isn't the
first language. We don't want to confuse the RFC'ers.

[NY]

"JNugent" <jnu...@mail.com> wrote in message
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That's the one. Images of children walking to school through the snow with a
glowing orange border around them - which must have been a laborious thing
to add in post-production, in the days before CGI.

I still have a mixture of Ready Brek, Alpen and Frosties every morning. Sets
me up nicely for the day. At a guess, I've probably had that most mornings
for the past 50-odd years (apart from holidays when we have a cooked
breakfast).

[NY]

"JNugent" <jnu...@mail.com> wrote in message

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVAvA6fP8Xw

[Andy Burns]

NY wrote:

> I still have a mixture of Ready Brek, Alpen and Frosties every morning.

I'm glad it's not just me that mixes cereals ... some are too sweet on
their own, others not sweet enough.

[SteveW]

Not the Nine O'clock News did a spoof of the Ready-Brek adverts, for
Windscale Flakes.

[JNugent]

I didn't often see that, having other commitments on a Monday evening.

But the advert was on rather more frequently!

[Andrew]

On 25/07/2023 20:28, Andy Burns wrote:

I put a small amount of boiling water on mine, then
milk or oat milk, plus whatever bananas or tinned fruit
is available.

[Tim Streater]

Strawbs, raisins, and bananas here, variously on weetabix, special-k, rice
crispies (I rotate these last three).

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[SH]

On 25/07/2023 09:52, Simon Ferrol wrote:
> My niece went to Italy and she was pissed off, because every time she
> ordered a latte, she got just a glass of cold milk.
>
> Why do they have to take a word from English and change its meaning?
>
> SF

Its all to do with the pronounciation:

Latte pronounced as Latty is milk

Latte pronounced as Lar Tay gives you the specific coffee

pizza is a singular Pie

Pizze is plural for pie not Pizzas

Also a Panino is a singular whereas Panini is plural, not paninis!

[Ian Jackson]

In message <ua7r7f$37q4i$1...@dont-email.me>, SH <i.l...@spam.com> writes

The problem of pronunciation begins at home, in the UK. Not many people
can pronounce 'pronunciation' correctly.
--
Ian
Aims and ambitions are neither attainments nor achievements

[jon]

.....and nuclear, defiantly for definitely, an hospital, just because the
frogs can't pronounce 'H' like sickly graduates.

[Bruce]

The H already wasn't pronounced in Vulgar Latin, from which French was
derived.

[bruce bowser]

And not << van Friesland afkomstige >>?