Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Our mail crossed, it's Cha in Chinese! On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Richard, > I would guess so. What is it in Chinese? > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > > You sure about the Hindi root part? > > > > Of course, it bothers my wife to no end that the Chinese word for dad > is... > > daad, with a particular whiny drawl from girls in "period drama." > > > > and of course just about all cultures call Mom as... Mom or Ma > > > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Well, chai means tea in all Indian languages - the root is Hindi. > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > > > frozenlight.eu > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Chai means tea in Russian. Latte must mean milk in Italian. So this > is > > > "tea > > > > tea with milk"? > > > > > > > > I have always found the use of fancy names for everyday things by > > > Starbucks > > > > and its ilk mildly irritating. > > > > > > > > Nathan > > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > > Alicante, Spain > > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > > > > > > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Richard Man wrote: > > > > > > > > > mmm... chai tea latte > > > > > > > > > > http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/L9995008.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > // 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. ] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ]