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• From: Anthony Curran <[email protected]>
• Subject: coffee
• Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 10:07:12 -0500

>>I  really don't know what "latte" or "cappuccino" even mean! 
>>So, maybe they CAN be translated.

>>Kick it around the list for a while, and then I'll send in a
>>reply.

>>Lawrence

>Maybe they can, but must they?  They are not translated in
>English.
>If English uses the Italian words, why should Klingon have its
>own?

>--'Iwvan

I agree.  And I'd like to make a stab at transliterating them. 
How about <<la'te'>> and <<qap'uchIno'>>.
BTW, I seem to remember from when I first signed on to this list
(about two months ago), catching the tail end of a discussion on
this very subject.  Do any of the original participants recall
what their suggestions were?  Or am I mistaken?

qo'ran

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