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minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months ago“Latte” is milk, “Caffè latte” is coffee with milk
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoUnderstood, but in the context of a coffee shop in an anglophone place it has a different agreed upon meaning.
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTrue, however the (presumably humorous) comment that keeps getting downvoted is technically correct
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIn Italy, sure, but the sign looks to be from an American coffee shop, so “latte” doesn’t mean just milk in this context.
minus-squareSonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTrue, however - as I replied to a similar remark - the (presumably humorous) comment that keeps getting downvoted is technically correct
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoIf by technically correct, you mean only correct if you mix languages, then sure. But afaik, this thread is in English.
“Latte” is milk, “Caffè latte” is coffee with milk
Understood, but in the context of a coffee shop in an anglophone place it has a different agreed upon meaning.
True, however the (presumably humorous) comment that keeps getting downvoted is technically correct
In Italy, sure, but the sign looks to be from an American coffee shop, so “latte” doesn’t mean just milk in this context.
True, however - as I replied to a similar remark - the (presumably humorous) comment that keeps getting downvoted is technically correct
If by technically correct, you mean only correct if you mix languages, then sure. But afaik, this thread is in English.