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Originally Posted by 1overcosc
Espresso is an interesting one, I actually met someone in university who studied that one specifically.
For many English speakers, the sound combinations required to say 'espresso' the 'correct' way is very difficult. That kind of transition, from /ɛ/ to /s/ to /p/ to /ɹ/, is hard for many to do, as it's not a normal combination in the English language.
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In the case of English and "espresso", its probably also reinforced by analogy to the common word "express". We don't have the same problem with words like "especially" or "Esperanto", so I wonder. Maybe we should start calling it "expressed coffee", although that doesn't have much of a ring to it!
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