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Old 07-09-2010, 01:52 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If it's Italian, presumably a "barista" would be a woman. If it were a man it would be a "baristo".
True, but the English language has no gender in it's nouns. I suppose the female pronunciation won out. Personally I think "Barista" in English sounds better than "Baristo".

Here is the WIKI Barista on the origin of the word.
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