American "lady" in Starbucks...LONGPORT??
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She's obviously Australian. Get it right.
She was wearing a bum bag (fanny pack) :laugh: definitely a yank!
Whoa whoa whoa! I RARELY see ANYONE wearing a fanny pack!0 -
I know I am grasping at straws, but could this "ugly American" be referring to, what some of us here in the U.S. refer to as a Long John? (no, not long johns as in the long, winter underwear) It is a creme-filled pastry that is longish. (Hence, the name) It usually has chocolate frosting top with either a custard or creme filling. Maybe longport is a regional name for a long john. Like I said, just grasping at straws.
Nobody said she was ugly...she was just an arsehole.0 -
asked dh who used to be a barista...and i see this has already been covered, but she was probably trying to request a long pour. although why a person would want one
...i dunno. i prefer a short pour, aka a ristretto.
Even though I love the theories in this thread, this does make the most sense
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Seems the mystery was solved by a couple of people here with the explanation that she could have been requesting a "long pour", not a longport. Example: "There is even another pull called "Lungo" or "long-pour" where the water flows through for a final volume of 1 and 1/2 to 2 ounces. This is very watery, biting, soured espresso (due to high volumes of salt compounds) and is not popular in the states, but can be seen in Italy and other European countries. This would probably be perceived as the "strongest" of the three pours."
If you read the description above, you'll see that a long pour is not well known in the States and more commonly asked for in Europe, Italy in particular. Thus, does it not make more sense that this person is European, not American, despite her use of a fanny-pack, which is an accessory few use in America anymore? That said, though, nothing excuses her poor behavior, no matter her country of origin!0 -
Am I only one who is confused on why it would be a "long pour" - if she asked the term "do you sell" - wouldn't it be something like "can you do"?
Do you SELL implies it's an object/thing that can be bought. If it's just pouring the coffee in a certain way, then obviously they would be able to do it - she would just need to explain what it is.
Maybe? Or I could just be another stupid American who doesn't know what I'm talking about 0 -
asked dh who used to be a barista...and i see this has already been covered, but she was probably trying to request a long pour. although why a person would want one ...i dunno. i prefer a short pour, aka a ristretto.
Even though I love the theories in this thread, this does make the most sense
i was like, longport? then i "read" it in her voice/accent in the way you wrote it ("oh my gaaaaaaaaaaawd" lol) and thought...yeah, she meant long pour. lol! we don't awl tawlk like thaaaaaaaaaaaat!
in her world, she was probably being perfectly pleasant. the northeast is an interesting place with an interesting mix of people. 0 -
If you read the description above, you'll see that a long pour is not well known in the States and more commonly asked for in Europe, Italy in particular. Thus, does it not make more sense that this person is European, not American, despite her use of a fanny-pack, which is an accessory few use in America anymore? That said, though, nothing excuses her poor behavior, no matter her country of origin!
My theory is that she is an North American, but she has traveled to Europe before and seen or had this "long pour". She may think she is showing how well traveled she is by being all clever and sophisticated by asking for it in the UK, but really, she is coming across as ignorant regardless of which country she is coming from. The fanny pack only adds to that.0 -
From what she sounds like, she clearly meant "long pork",.
long pork
Web definitions
While the expression "cannibalism" has origins in the act of humans eating other humans, it has extended into zoology to mean the act of any animal consuming members of its own type or kind, including the consumption of mates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pork0 -
Why do I keep see images of Snooki in a Starbucks wearing a packed fanny?0
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asked dh who used to be a barista...and i see this has already been covered, but she was probably trying to request a long pour. although why a person would want one ...i dunno. i prefer a short pour, aka a ristretto.
Even though I love the theories in this thread, this does make the most sense
i was like, longport? then i "read" it in her voice/accent in the way you wrote it ("oh my gaaaaaaaaaaawd" lol) and thought...yeah, she meant long pour. lol! we don't awl tawlk like thaaaaaaaaaaaat! in her world, she was probably being perfectly pleasant. the northeast is an interesting place with an interesting mix of people.
When I mentally fill in the accent I automatically think New Jersey, possibly New York, though obviously I could be 'hearing' it wrong. It would explain the reference to a long pour, too - a high concentration of Europeans and their descendents there. The fanny pack is a puzzle, though. No self-respecting New Yorker would be caught dead with one. Not sure about those from New Jersey 0 -
Am I only one who is confused on why it would be a "long pour" - if she asked the term "do you sell" - wouldn't it be something like "can you do"?
Do you SELL implies it's an object/thing that can be bought. If it's just pouring the coffee in a certain way, then obviously they would be able to do it - she would just need to explain what it is.
Maybe? Or I could just be another stupid American who doesn't know what I'm talking about
She definitely said "sell" hmmm the plot thickens...0 -
Why do I keep see images of Snooki in a Starbucks wearing a packed fanny?
Haha the woman looked like Estelle Getty from The Golden Girls. 0 -
I'm American and I have no idea what a long port or long pour is. But I come from the part of the US that where Dunkin Donuts is more popular than Starbucks (despite my profile pic, LOL).
It seems to me that if it really was a "long pour" as demonstrated in the pic above, the poor barista would burn him or herself as there would be a lot of hot coffee splashing around. But what do I know? I liked my coffee iced.
On a side note, as an American I would like to sue someone for the right to watch Sherlock when you Brits get to instead of having to wait for it to come out on Netflix. It is totally unfair.
PBS gets it sooner than Netflix, doesn't it?0 -
Why do I keep see images of Snooki in a Starbucks wearing a packed fanny?
Haha the woman looked like Estelle Getty from The Golden Girls.
Bwahahahahaha that's even better :laugh:0 -
LOL when Americans say yank they are reffering to male self love.
Oh and OP another thought I'm glad that she didnt take out a semi automatic weapon and gun you all down as us Americans are known to do. Could have been close though after all you didnt have her longport.
Or yanking something...like a chain or rope. It is not ALL *kitten* over here.
Yes we yank things like that too. The other would be toss rather than yank though.0 -
the lovely people on MFP educated me on why fanny pack is such a funny word. I would still use it though if I was traveling just to brighten someone's day.
Oh here honey stick it in my fanny pack. It's full isnt it? Yeah you gotta really pack it in my fanny pack what with all the cameras and change in there.
Then ask clerks in the store to wait a second while you look in your fanny pack and ask the waiter at restaurants if it's OK to put your fanny up on the table.
Oh the fun I could have!
Ouch! Suddenly I have a desperate urge to cross my legs very tightly, and my eyes are watering. :sick: Same as when I think of that articulated shoe horn they use for smear tests. Also, I'm excruciatingly embarrassed.0 -
You're quite sure it wasn't Janet Street Porter heavily disguised?0
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I'm American and I have no idea what a long port or long pour is. But I come from the part of the US that where Dunkin Donuts is more popular than Starbucks (despite my profile pic, LOL).
It seems to me that if it really was a "long pour" as demonstrated in the pic above, the poor barista would burn him or herself as there would be a lot of hot coffee splashing around. But what do I know? I liked my coffee iced.
On a side note, as an American I would like to sue someone for the right to watch Sherlock when you Brits get to instead of having to wait for it to come out on Netflix. It is totally unfair.
PBS gets it sooner than Netflix, doesn't it?
Must look into this. Netflix is caught up now but not for long. And I've been living off the old episodes. Oh well, Star Trek comes out next week...0 -
She's obviously Australian. Get it right.
She was wearing a bum bag (fanny pack) :laugh: definitely a yank!
Incorrect, Yankees live in the North of the US while fanny pack a purely hillbilly/redneck garment.
Yank - 1. A term used by the British to describe all Americans.
Yank
yaNGk/
noun
noun: Yank; plural noun: Yanks
1.
another term for Yankee (sense 1 and sense 2).
Interesting how being called a Yankee has different connotations in different locations.
Outside of the USA: Used to describe an American
In Southern States of USA: Used to describe someone from the North, or could be used to describe a yankees fan or player.
In Boston or other places in the New England region of USA: Used to describe a Yankees fan or player, usually followed by the word "sucks" or a derogatory word. (But not always...)
In New York: Used to describe a Yankees fan or player, usually followed by good adjectives (but not always, especially if you live in Queens with lots of Mets fans and get called a Yankee because a mets fan spotted your shirt or hat be prepared to debate why you like Yankees when you live in Queens, it happens a lot, to me anyways...)0 -
When I mentally fill in the accent I automatically think New Jersey, possibly New York, though obviously I could be 'hearing' it wrong. It would explain the reference to a long pour, too - a high concentration of Europeans and their descendents there. The fanny pack is a puzzle, though. No self-respecting New Yorker would be caught dead with one. Not sure about those from New Jersey
What from the story made you assume this woman was "self-respecting"?0 -
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Incorrect, Yankees live in the North of the US while fanny pack a purely hillbilly/redneck garment.
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I do believe this is the first response that has ever pissed me off to the point of responding....anyway there is a HUGE difference between a redneck and a hillbilly---PLEASE REFRAIN from putting the two together...another stereotype that is not wise to place with redneck is white trash.....a redneck works hard and plays hard neither of which you will find a hillbilly or white trash doing.....0 -
Perhaps if she had remembered to bring along her Hungarian phrasebook then all confusion could have been avoided:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbflkF_1zY
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So did we figure out what it was yet?
-Curious American0
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