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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cup of cha anyone? #65244 04/12/02 12:26 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth OP old hand OP belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin I heard an English lady say this and was confused as to where exactly the usage comes from. At an American cafe I know they have 'chai tea' on the menu, and in Turkey 'chai' is the word for tea, which I guess is related to 'cha'. What about other languages? The English 'tea' seems to come from China. Which came first though, 'tea' or 'chai'? [boiling kettle] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cup of cha anyone? belligerentyouth 04/12/02 12:26 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? wwh 04/12/02 12:35 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? zootsuit 04/12/02 07:11 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? rkay 04/12/02 08:10 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? TheFallibleFiend 04/12/02 12:24 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/12/02 12:36 AM Chindits Jackie 04/12/02 11:58 AM Re: Chindits wwh 04/12/02 01:00 PM Re: Cup of cha anyone? Bingley 04/23/02 04:51 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? Angel 04/12/02 12:57 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? WhitmanO'Neill 04/12/02 01:24 AM Re: Cup of cha anyone? AnnaStrophic 04/12/02 01:13 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 729 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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