Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, That would be a colonial hangover. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >