# Name my wife's new cafe!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-wifes-new-cafe/503406>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 18, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-wifes-new-cafe/503406 "2009-07-18T03:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-wifes-new-cafe/503406/61 "2009-07-20T02:38:04Z")

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How about _Demitasse_? It’s French, pronouncable by Americans, relevant, and sounds elegant yet cute.

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**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:** [July 20, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-wifes-new-cafe/503406/62 "2009-07-20T02:43:12Z")

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I’m an Edith Piaf fan (and I like French/Euro bistros, too), so my vote must be: _Padam_. Depending on who you ask it’s either a slang term for Paris or it’s an onomatopoeia for a clock ticking (I don’t hear it, but whatever…). Either way, for me it’s evocative of WWII era French cafe culture.

ETA: I read in the translation of the lyrics it’s actually the sound of a song Piaf is singing about that she can’t forget.

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