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Both versions find their origins in Latin: exprimere. Both have the same meaning. More importantly, the purpose of language is communicate. If the sender and recipient achieve mutual understanding then language has been used effectively.

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I started to think about this. I feel like I lean toward pronouncing this as expresso more often.

I think it's a slightly southern expression in language that I hear when people say Axe

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