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'''''Original text by Paolo Mancini''''' | '''''Original text by <span class="plainlinks">[https://mde.politics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/visiting-fellows/previous-years/35-paolo-mancini Paolo Mancini]</span>''''' | ||
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Why do many Neapolitans, (''napoletani'') enter a bar and ask ' ''C’è un caffè sospeso'' '? ('Is there a suspended coffee?') Those who ask this question know that an old tradition exists in Naples whereby a customer who has had a coffee in a bar elects to pay for two cups of coffee instead of one, thereby leaving a free coffee for an unidentified future customer. | Why do many Neapolitans, (''napoletani'') enter a bar and ask ' ''C’è un caffè sospeso'' '? ('Is there a suspended coffee?') Those who ask this question know that an old tradition exists in Naples whereby a customer who has had a coffee in a bar elects to pay for two cups of coffee instead of one, thereby leaving a free coffee for an unidentified future customer. | ||