![]() ![]() The term comes from the Italian caffellatte or caffè latte, from caffè e latte, literally "coffee and milk" in English orthography either or both words sometimes have an accent on the final e (a hyperforeignism in the case of * latté, or to indicate it is pronounced, not the more-common silent final e of English). In northern Europe and Scandinavia, the term café au lait has traditionally been used for the combination of espresso and milk. In France, cafè latte is from the original name of the beverage (caffè latte) a combination of espresso and steamed milk equivalent to a "latte" is in French called grand crème and in German Milchkaffee.Ĭoffee, which was adopted from the Ottoman empire, and milk have been part of European cuisine since the seventeenth century. Caffè e latte, Milchkaffee, café au lait, and café con leche are domestic terms of traditional ways of drinking coffee, usually as part of breakfast in the home. ![]() Public cafés in Europe and the USA seem to have no mention of the terms until the twentieth century, although Kapuziner is mentioned in Austrian coffee houses in Vienna and Trieste in the second half of 1700s as "coffee with cream, spices, and sugar" (being the origin of the Italian cappuccino).Īccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term caffè e latte was first used in English in 1867 by William Dean Howells in his essay "Italian Journeys". Kenneth Davids maintains that ".breakfast drinks of this kind have existed in Europe for generations, but the (commercial) caffè version of this drink is an American invention". The French term café au lait was used in cafés in several countries in western continental Europe from 1900 onward, however, the term café crème was used in France for coffee with milk or cream. The Austrian-Hungarian empire (Central Europe) had its own terminology for the coffees being served in coffee houses, while in German homes it was still called Milchkaffee. The Italians used the term caffè latte domestically, but it is not known from cafés such as Florian in Venice or any other coffee houses or places where coffee was served publicly. It appears to be a repurposed, white foghorn and is kept on top of a barrel next to SpongeBob's bed. It has a light gray corner around its circular opening. It also has a red clock on the bottom of it that has a transparent blue glass screen. There is a switch behind the said clock to set the time. In some of its appearances, it is depicted with a red snooze button. It typically blows air near SpongeBob's direction while going off and has transported him to his various destinations after he wakes up, as seen in " Something Smells," " Missing Identity," and " Life Insurance." The alarm clock makes numerous appearances throughout the series and is typically heard going off near the start of an episode when SpongeBob wakes up in the morning. SpongeBob's alarm clock wakes him up from his dream just as a train hits him. The train's noise is shown to just be the blaring of the alarm clock. It appears sentient in the " Rubber Hose Rag" song, singing about SpongeBob going to work along with the other sentient objects. SpongeBob's alarm clock shows signs of sentience and nearly loses its energy, as evidenced by its coughing from a lack of oxygen, due to Gary chewing on it among other things in SpongeBob's house. SpongeBob uses duct tape to fix it, but the alarm clock just falls backward. ![]() Squidward sneaks into SpongeBob's room at night to put pepper in his alarm clock so it will infest his house with the aroma and thus convince him to move out. SpongeBob turns up the volume on his alarm clock and sets it to the waking hour in an attempt to wake Patrick from sleepwalking. The noise is so loud that it wakes several citizens up and causes worms to start barking, however it fails to cause any effect on Patrick, as he continues sleepwalking. When everyone investigates what happened to SpongeBob, it turns out that he overslept due to his alarm clock being unplugged. He tries to plug it in, but the clock falls over and starts bouncing around, eventually destroying itself. Later, SpongeBob tries to reassemble his clock. Patrick notices what SpongeBob is doing and tries to help, but gets frustrated and destroys it even further. SpongeBob takes the remains to Clock World and tries to get it replaced, but the owner reveals that his model of the alarm clock is not produced anymore. SpongeBob buys various other clocks to replace his old one. Near the episode's end, Patrick reveals to SpongeBob that he has shoddily fixed the alarm clock. The next morning, the alarm clock sounds and wakes SpongeBob up, and it is shown that Patrick is in the clock making the blaring sound. ![]()
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