Some twat in the V&A...
was queuing in front of me and ordered "two cappuccini". I just looked at him in disgust. I mean, great, you pluralised an Italian word with the correct Italian form. Fan-fucking-tastic you massive twat. Now go home and test your pasta by throwing a lone spaghetto at the wall and seeing if it sticks, or going out and drawing a single graffito on the wall. Fuck it...why stop there? Let's go out and order multiple pizze? We don't have to eat at one place...we could try a number of ristoranti. I do like my seafood, maybe we could order squid? Oh, you only have one calimaro for the table? Better try the octopodes. Is that a paparazzo over there taking a photo of Brangelina?

Massive wanker.
((V)(;,,;)(V) Whoop whoop whoop!, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:28, 17 replies)

These
people are all sheeps.
(username failed moderation, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:29, closed)

Wow
I don't think coffee is a good idea for you right now.
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:32, closed)

...and breath
I take it the queue was quite long for you to figure that whole post out. Seems to me you thought a little too much about what you overheard a complete stranger saying to another complete stranger.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:36, closed)

Quick,
edit Brangelina and replace it with a real Italian person's name.
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:45, closed)

I can see how it's a little pretentious.
But where do you draw the line? Should he have asked for "Two capukinos."?
Why not strive to be correct? Willful ignorance is just as twatty.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 13:50, closed)

Would it not be 'due' rather than 'two'?

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Tue 17 Apr 2012, 14:15, closed)

si

(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 14:16, closed)

Yes, there is that. However, they may not have understood that at the coffee place.
As I mentioned, how far do you take it? Isn't it as twatty to pronounce it "capuchino"?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 14:38, closed)

I'm a bit torn on this,
I certainly agree that it is desperately pretentious to mix languages unnecessarily (allowing for the assimilation of all others into English of course) and I could understand it if were in an Italian establishment and you ordered in Italian (as if they would give a toss, but hey) but essentially the cappuccino part has become the generic western term for a frothy milky coffee and is firmly established as such and the anglicised plural of that is cappuccinos. It is likely that if the server understands the relevance of 'ini' they will have a vague appreciation of 'due' as well.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Tue 17 Apr 2012, 18:17, closed)

Well, yes.
Depending on the establishment "due" could be appropriate also. But, then, the OP would likely still call him a twat.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 18:28, closed)

Shit.
People who use correct grammar are worse than Hitler.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 14:32, closed)

Favourite Italian Plural
This reminds me of my favourite Italian plural, "Tarzanelli". These are apparently the small pieces of shit which stick to your arse hair. Little Tarzans.
(beebolbod for those that are hard of hearing - LISTEN, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 14:58, closed)

Tufts of toilet paper
stuck to a lady's muff are called "Janes"
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 15:35, closed)

my favourite misinterrpretation of 'cappuchino'...
when people refer to them as 'Cup-of-chinos'.
Ritarda.
(technocore, Wed 18 Apr 2012, 1:51, closed)

Man - Please may I have a martinus?
Waiter - Don't you mean Martini?

Man - No. I only want one.
(karnuvap, Wed 18 Apr 2012, 8:12, closed)

That's my favourite joke
Except it should start, "A Roman Centurion walks into a bar..."
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:18, closed)

I'll go one better
A place in Colchester that we sometimes get lunch at lists

Pannini's

on their menu. I don't think it's actually possible to be any more wrong than that
(Stig2k, Wed 18 Apr 2012, 15:04, closed)