# EXpresso on Wheel of Fortune! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124 "2009-12-31T01:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/1 "2009-12-31T01:25:08Z")
“Solved” puzzle this evening: Expresso and Slot Machine! And they gave it to her! That is absolutely incorrect! It was explained that this mispronunciation is so common, now, that it’s correct. 😕 This type of thing is happening way too effing often, these days! Should she have gotten away with this or not? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/2 "2009-12-31T01:29:27Z")
Yeah, I’m fine with that. It’s not like WoF is Jeopardy!. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/3 "2009-12-31T01:33:25Z")
I could care less. It’s all one in the same. Excuse me while I go grab a lite beer. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/4 "2009-12-31T02:02:01Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Yeah, I’m fine with that. It’s not like WoF is Jeopardy!. Then again, these days, it’s not like Jeopardy! is like Jeopardy! ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/5 "2009-12-31T02:38:20Z")
She should of gotten it wrong. For all intensive purposes, her answer was incorrect. I hope that she doesn’t excape that show with the money. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/6 "2009-12-31T03:28:44Z")
I thought Wheel of Fortune was about _spelling_ words, I don’t see what pronounciation has to do with anything. The mispronounciation may be common, but the spelling is clear cut. There’s no real gray zone there, it’s either an x or an s. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/7 "2009-12-31T04:05:13Z")
Well, I didn’t see the show, but did Vanna turn over an x or an s? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/8 "2009-12-31T04:10:52Z")
Expresso? Is it too much to aks a game show based on spelling to maintain a little integrity? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/9 "2009-12-31T04:19:14Z")
I watched Jeopardy! the other day, and about 25% of the answers were pop culture related. Final Jeopardy involved a Broadway play, if I’m not mistaken. Come on, Trebeck. Get it together. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/10 "2009-12-31T04:20:03Z")
Ok, but a guy missed out once when he said, “Going to the chapel and we’re going to get married,” when it should have been “gonna” get married. Shouldn’t he have gotten it right? I mean, he was actually pronouncing it correctly?!?!😉 ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/11 "2009-12-31T04:32:37Z")
that’s adding in an additional word, which is a bigger deal than supplanting an x for an s. i think in both cases it’s wrong. “expresso” clearly means you think there’s an x in it, or a “cs”. the point of solving means you know the word. Tim R. Mortiss and GoodOmen’s (intentional) misspellings prove that misuse of any other commonly confused words would be undoubtedly wrong. this should not be an exception. good nite. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/12 "2009-12-31T05:15:21Z")
Are you sure it wasn’t some special clue involving a pun? Something like “Ninth Planet Or Disney Doc” (answer: Pluto)? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/13 "2009-12-31T05:23:32Z")
Er…Disney Dog. Disney Doc is what the idiot on the show answered, which was obviously and stupidly wrong, costing him $12k and making me throw my remote against the TV, which is why I happened to remember it. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/14 "2009-12-31T05:36:06Z")
way to express yourself. hah. i also came back to ask what the clue was. espresso slot machine doesn’t really fit as a before/after. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/15 "2009-12-31T10:13:16Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > She should of gotten it wrong. **For all intensive purposes,** her answer was incorrect. I hope that she doesn’t excape that show with the money. For all _intents and purposes._ Unless this is a whoosh. Edit: Never mind. I belatedly saw what you did. Consider my hair blown back. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/16 "2009-12-31T14:19:13Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > i also came back to ask what the clue was. espresso slot machine doesn’t really fit as a before/after. It’s not before and after, it’s same last name. Espresso machine and slot machine (given as expresso **and** slot machine, not expresso slot machine – check the OP). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/17 "2009-12-31T14:37:50Z")
Need more info; was the letter S already on the board when the puzzle is solved? If so, give her a pass. But if the Board said E\_PRE\_\_O, then she clearly thought the letter X was going in there. Haven’t had my morning expresso yet, so forgive me if this info is already spelled out in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/18 "2009-12-31T15:47:41Z")
WoF usually allows for mispronunciations as long as the player is saying the correct words. “Expresso” is ok because it’s just a strange pronunciation; “Espressos” would be wrong because it’s a different word. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/19 "2009-12-31T16:28:07Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Are you sure it wasn’t some special clue involving a pun? Something like “Ninth Planet Or Disney Doc” (answer: Pluto)? Which would be incorrect, as Pluto is no longer a planet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124/20 "2009-12-31T17:12:19Z")
I don’t think she should have got it. Just like people who solve puzzles by saying words like “runnin” instead of “running” There’s a \*g \*at the end. Once you’ve guessed the letters, it’s just freaking reading out loud. (Not freakin readin …) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expresso-on-wheel-of-fortune/523124.md?page=2)