Which came first? Dunkin' Donuts? Or Starbucks?
Dunkin' Donuts Dunkin' Donuts. You order them in English". It has been a point of discussion that latte, cappuccino, and espresso are loanwords from Italian which have no equivalence in English. The commercials, however, refer to the Starbucks ordering language itself, poking fun at words such as "grande" and "venti". Further commercials in 2007 more directly mocked Starbucks, with a customer ordering a "large" and being chastised to use the term "dieci". Rachael Ray has starred in commercials for Dunkin' Donuts since 2007. In May 2008, Dunkin' Donuts removed a commercial from its website featuring Ray wearing a scarf with a black
Christopher Dunkin in 1871 when he was appointed a Puisne Justice of the Quebec Superior Court. Christopher Dunkin The Hon. Christopher Dunkin, (September 25, 1812 – January 6, 1881) was a Canadian editor, lawyer, teacher, judge, and politician. Born at Walworth, London, England, , he was the son of Summerhayes Dunkin (1779-1823), of Horsleydown, Bermondsey, and Martha, daughter of John Hemming (1760–1825) of Twickenham, Middlesex. He was a first cousin of Hon. Edward John Hemming who came to Canada at his invitation. His family emigrated to New York in 1821, but his father died two years later, and his widow got remarried