Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And in English, though it is a slang word out of use in much of the country these days. In my youth it was always cuppa cha. On 1 Apr, 2010, at 07:42, Richard Man 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