Roasteria

[Laurence Horn]

Then there's also the generalized -(t)eria suffix that used to be
much more productive than it is now.  Southern California in the 60s
was filled with launderterias, gaseterias, and the like.  There was a
least one paper exploring these formations in American Speech, and
"cafeteria" was usually taken to be the model.  In principle
"roasteria" could be a blend of "roaster" with "-(t)eria", but the
register or level would be wrong, in that the -(t)eria formations
emphasized cheapness, ease, and uniformity (a bit like current "Mc-",
but without the trademark battles), while roasterias are presumably
not striving for that image.

LH

At 2:22 AM -0400 7/14/08, Marc Velasco wrote:
>Italian as in pizzeria ?  Likely, I was thinking mainly of the
>coffee-growing countries they might purchase from.  This actually seems more
>like a branding thing... cafes sell coffee... we sell _roast_.
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>On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>
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>>  That's a possibility I hadn't thought of. Given the power of Italian
>>  in the espresso domain, though, my money remains on Italiano :) BB
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>>  On Jul 13, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Marc Velasco wrote:
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>>  > Could be from the Spanish too (which probably has similar construction
>>  > rules).
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>>  > shoe : shoestore
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>>  > zapato : zapateria
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>>  > maybe they sell 'roast' ?
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>>  >> Not found in the ADS4 or the CAE.
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>>  >> "We bring people together for conversation and coffee and food," said
>>  >> McConnell, whose cafe empire includes a roasteria on Capitol Hill,
>>  >> four coffee shops in Seattle and one in Olympia.
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>>  >> by Melissa Allison and Amy Martinez
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>>  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2008045842_retailrepor=
>>  > t11.html
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>>  >> McConnell is part owner of Caff=E9 Vita Coffee Roasting. Later in the
>>  >> article is a bit about Espresso Vivace Roasteria, which is probably
>>  >> where they got the word from. Ava Roastaria uses the word as well,
>>  >> probably from roaster + -ia as Italian does not seem to use this
>>  >> word.
>>  >> BB
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