From: "Enzo Michelangeli" 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.italian soc.culture.europe alt.politics.italy soc.culture.german uk.finance
Subject: Re: Why so many Cell Phones in EU?
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:03:26 +0800

"Michele Dall'Agata"  wrote in
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> "Enzo Michelangeli"  ha scritto nel messaggio
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> > "Michele Dall'Agata"  wrote in
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> > > Interesting enough, the word "frappuccino" must be derived from the
> > > fact that  "cappuccino" is an order of monks in Italy (frati,
> > > abbreviated as "frà"). Cappuccino is indeed the hood of the tunic
> > > of those monks.
> >
> > Not really: I think it's meant to evoke a blend of "frappe'"
> > (milkshake) and cappuccino".
>
> Oh yeah. I didn't think about it. You may be right.

Although, it must be noted that "FRappe'" is a FRench word... I think that
Bush' Ministry of Truth will have to change the origin of that name into
"FReedom Cappuccino ;-)

Enzo