Good article by Dave Barry re; the usual kookiness served up by starblex
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...nt/9872714.htm
where he reminds all us sheep ; don't play into the hands of the insidious marketing people by actually verbally ordering a venti.
No. It's big.
or large.
venti!?
Means 20 in Italian. But the coffe actually is a 24 oz. cup.
there's small
medium
large.
If these multinational corporations wanna create another language all their own, and rename everything we have been familiar with all our lives, fine. lettem do it on their own, and lettem keep it their own lil private language. used behind their own counter.
btw: ever get a large ice coffee there?
(ice venti)
Try this;
Order a small coffee.
(or tall) whatever ya wanna call it. But get a small coffee.
get a big cup fulla ice.
Pour the coffee in the big (venti) cup.
see how much you use.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...nt/9872714.htm
where he reminds all us sheep ; don't play into the hands of the insidious marketing people by actually verbally ordering a venti.
No. It's big.
or large.
venti!?
Means 20 in Italian. But the coffe actually is a 24 oz. cup.
there's small
medium
large.
If these multinational corporations wanna create another language all their own, and rename everything we have been familiar with all our lives, fine. lettem do it on their own, and lettem keep it their own lil private language. used behind their own counter.
btw: ever get a large ice coffee there?
(ice venti)
Try this;
Order a small coffee.
(or tall) whatever ya wanna call it. But get a small coffee.
get a big cup fulla ice.
Pour the coffee in the big (venti) cup.
see how much you use.
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