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- "Bevo tè o caffè."
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(I'm italian)
95% of italian words with accent use the left-facing accent (╰ ) (grave)
"Perché" (why/because), ventitré (twenty-three) use the right-facing accent (╯) (acuto), but IMHO few people in italy know the real difference in pronounciation
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I would take more notice of the accents over the 'e' if I could see them better! Unfortunately my eyesight is not what it was and I can't see any difference! I can on the above answer as they are much bigger.
Are you referring to "o" and "oppure" ? If you are, there is one more "ovvero" :)
There is no grammatical difference between "o" and "oppure".
However if you use oppure than you are stressing the idea of choice, while by using "o" you're a bit more indifferent whether you'll choose tea or coffee.
(http://en.allexperts.com/q/Italian-Language-1584/o-oppure.htm)
On other hand "ovvero" would translate to "or rather"