Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Language of Coffee



"Delicious lattes from Dunkin' Donuts. You order them in English, not 'Fritalian'."

The word "Latte" is an Italian word for espresso with milk.

I wonder if Dunkin' Donuts ever came to notice this. Either that, or it just shows how ignorant the people behind this advertisement really were. With ending on the line "America runs on Dunkin'" I feel like this gives a bad image to Americans, because of the fact that the commercial shows a man sipping a latte and claims he must of ordered it in English from Dunkin' Donuts. To be honest, I found the song for the commercial rather catchy, but the "Latte" catch line was not an intelligent move.

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