03-19-2016, 01:01 AM
In USA, the land of "Larger is Better", no one wants to buy a "small drink", so the merchants renamed those M, L and XL.
Correction:
In the USA, the land of "Larger is Better" most vendors still use Small, Medium, and Large, and sometimes Extra Large.
I deliberately used Medium, Large, and Extra Large, and mentioned language because Starbucks uses Tall, Grande, Venti, and Trenta (the last three being Italian) for the marketing reason you mentioned. Short is uncommon, it seems.
Not being a coffee drinker, I had to look up the last two sizes' names. I also learned s there are volumes in ounces assigned to the sizes. http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/71...-means.htm
But fret not, many of us in the USA have no need for compensating and order Small without compunction.
Correction:
In the USA, the land of "Larger is Better" most vendors still use Small, Medium, and Large, and sometimes Extra Large.
I deliberately used Medium, Large, and Extra Large, and mentioned language because Starbucks uses Tall, Grande, Venti, and Trenta (the last three being Italian) for the marketing reason you mentioned. Short is uncommon, it seems.
Not being a coffee drinker, I had to look up the last two sizes' names. I also learned s there are volumes in ounces assigned to the sizes. http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/71...-means.htm
But fret not, many of us in the USA have no need for compensating and order Small without compunction.