Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, discusses the origins of the various names people use to refer to tea in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.
“Walk into a branch of a global coffee-house chain and order a chai tea. Wait – you’re actually saying ‘tea tea’. The origins of these two words for the same drink reflect diverse trade routes and the transmission of tea-drinking culture.”
Please click on the following link for the complete article:
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2046896/tea-and-etymology-where-your-cuppa-char-came
Source: SCMP
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