Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Pasvorn Boonmark <pasvorn at boonmark.net>wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > Of course I always assume it's based on the Chinese word for tea, which > > is... Cha :-) > > > > > Cha is also Cha in Thai. I always thought that the Chinese borrows the > word. LOL > > There's a new book on how the British dude stole the secrets of Chinese tea and started tea plantation in India, thus severing the British reliance on China for tea (while they continued to make hay with opium trade, but that's another story...) Thai probably got it from Hindi, which probably got it from the Chinese :-) The Thai written language is also Sanskrit derived, isn't it? > Both pictures are great, University Ave. ? > Thank you. Yes, University Ave. > > -Pasvorn > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]