Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
RHOTACIZE
Verb
rhotacize (third-person singular simple present rhotacizes, present participle rhotacizing, simple past and past participle rhotacized)
To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).
(phonology) To change a consonant to an 'R' sound under certain circumstances.
Source: Wiktionary
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