Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then I would guess Chinese is the root. I was saying Hindi as the root for the Indian usage. It seems to be quite an universal usage! Well, we live and learn. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > 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. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >