sorry, my what, Pokémon Café Mix? surely you, Pokémon Café Mix, did not misspell the second word in your title, right?

@typhlosion okay but why does english have both café and caffè in it

@codl @typhlosion caffè isn't english, it's one of those things where you stick romance languages into english to sound posh
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@Felthry @codl yeah

café and caffè are borrowed from different languages and have different meanings; plus "caffè" as used here is uncommon in english speech (more idiomatic would be just to say "latte")

because of that, and because the term "caffè latte" has a specific meaning in coffee shop parlance (as opposed to other coffee drinks that use different proportions of milk and espresso and whatnot), "caffè" here isn't a likely candidate for being corrupted by another spelling

so, it persists

@Felthry @codl *have different meanings when used in english, i should say. one is the shop, the other is the drink

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@Felthry @codl really i wouldn't consider caffè an english word on its own at all, like felþry said, so much as an indivisible (in the context of english) part of the loaned phrase "caffè latte" that is used as, essentially, a jargon term in english speech

@typhlosion @Felthry i do not enjoy this conclusion but i accept it

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