2006-07-29 00:31:05 · 11 answers · asked by alison k 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Would you pay more for a coffee with milk in it, or a Latte Grande? It's the promotion and marketing of everyday items that make them seem more than they are, allowing companies to charge ridiculous prices...and enticing people to pay. It's manipulation using fancy words. It sounds more exotic if it's in a different language.
2006-07-29 00:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by gadjitfreek 5 · 11⤊ 7⤋
well here in Spain a Latte is called cafe con leche, coffee withg milk, which translates the latte to what it actually menas. A few years ago there were perhaps only 3 or 4 different coffees in regular use, but with the explosion of coffee houses such as Star$s there are more and more styles of coffee, each has to be given a name, so we get more and more esoteric names bringing in words from other languages.
2006-07-29 02:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost all English language words are corruptions of the words for things from someone else's language. You just chose a few there that are recent enough for your question to make sense!
If you want to know the history of a particular word, google it along with the word "etymology", one of the answers will explain exactly where it came from and hopefully why.
Here's what I got for "latte", as you can see a latte is not the same thing as "milky coffee" any more than "Budweiser" is the same thing as actual beer!
"Latte (as it is known in the USA, Italian for "milk" - originally caffè e latte or café latte) is espresso with steamed milk, traditionally topped with froth created from steaming the milk. A latte comprises one-third espresso and nearly two-thirds steamed milk. Less frothed milk makes it weaker than a cappuccino, and a traditional latte is served an average 10–20 degrees Celsius cooler than a black or white coffee or cappuccino."
Cheers!
2006-07-29 00:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frittata is an Italian version of an omelet. Omelettes are usually served folded, so that the steam captured within the fold cooks the omelette thoroughly. Frittatas, on the other hand are served open.
But yeah, I do agree that they charge us three times the regular price, by giving it a foreign name.
2006-07-29 00:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Udits 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means Milk in Italian
2006-07-29 00:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by The Lone Gunman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they give it a new name, or call it something in another language, they get to charge you three times as much for it.
It's called the "pretention bonus".
2006-07-29 00:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
omelettes are only called Frittata if it has grated potato in it, or chopped up skinny chips.
2006-07-29 00:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz THEY are trying to turn us into a super race which has posh names for everything so we dont seem dumb.
but they the aliens wll see how great we are and try to take over.
2006-07-29 00:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by bananabex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos we are english and we own the right to!
2006-07-29 00:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are just different names for certain food
2006-07-29 00:35:50 · answer #10 · answered by Lira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋