Things you refuse to call by their new name

More of a pronunciation than the spelling, but ‘Ketones’ and ‘Ketogenic’ etc.
Was always pronounced ‘Kett owns’ and ‘Kettogenic’ in the 70s and 80s, then suddenly became ‘Key tones’ etc etc.

Anyone remember when there was a little movement to pronounce ‘Data’ (Dayta) as ‘ Darta’ ?
When my lad lost his pancreas Kee-tones were something we had to monitor if his Blood sugars went above 20-mmol. This is how the diabetes team pronounced it, and i'd never heard of the little fuckers previously
 
I know but in a coffeeshop abroad It is the closest to an instant coffee you would make at home. You can ask for an Americano with milk like you did but the Italian barista WILL look at you like you walked in their house on Christmas day and pissed on the presents.

Adding cold milk to hot drinks just isn't done on the continent. They look at me like I'm an alien when I make an English cup of tea in the Amsterdam coffeeshops lol
Whenever I'm away nowadays I ask for a double espresso with a bit of milk.
If they can't figure that out they can fuck off ; )

Anyway, I'm not sure calling it an Americano is helpful as it makes you think it's just a normal coffee in the states.
Like how over here they have "English muffins", which is more like a cross between a scone and a crumpet and over there you have something called a steak Canadian. No idea what the fuck that is.

O.K, now I'm raging. ; )

P.S, The Mexican wave is just called the wave anywhere outside of the U.K : )
 

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