Comments on: the Words for Tea http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/03/tea-words/ Discovering the way of tea, one cup at a time. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cinnabar http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/03/tea-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3786 Cinnabar Sat, 02 May 2009 15:21:36 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=257#comment-3786 Thank you for your comments on word use in Sweden. I bet you're right about the Indonesian "teh" coming to Scandinavia by way of Dutch traders. Thank you for your comments on word use in Sweden. I bet you’re right about the Indonesian “teh” coming to Scandinavia by way of Dutch traders.

]]> By: Johan F (autistic internet superstar) http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/03/tea-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3776 Johan F (autistic internet superstar) Sat, 02 May 2009 03:23:41 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=257#comment-3776 Hi in Swedish it's spelled "te" but old women of about 60 who sell tea (usually flavored teas to other people of same age, without much knowledge of tea) like to spell the words as they think it's spelled in french or english, even though they have no idea how it's actually spelled in those languages, so there are loads of variants spelled by such people: the, thea, thé, té, tè, thè, thé, thee, tea, téa and so on The few good quality tea stores however always spell the word tea as "te" and nothing else. I think the t-words in european might come from Malaysian/indonesian (same language really) where the word for tea is "teh". A lot of dutchmen imported tea from that area to europe early on so that could be it. Not sure though. Hi in Swedish it’s spelled “te” but old women of about 60 who sell tea (usually flavored teas to other people of same age, without much knowledge of tea) like to spell the words as they think it’s spelled in french or english, even though they have no idea how it’s actually spelled in those languages, so there are loads of variants spelled by such people: the, thea, thé, té, tè, thè, thé, thee, tea, téa and so on

The few good quality tea stores however always spell the word tea as “te” and nothing else.

I think the t-words in european might come from Malaysian/indonesian (same language really) where the word for tea is “teh”. A lot of dutchmen imported tea from that area to europe early on so that could be it. Not sure though.

]]> By: Cinnabar http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/03/tea-words/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Cinnabar Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:40:04 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=257#comment-624 I'm glad you found it interesting. I could spend hours and hours reading about the origins and political implications of words. I’m glad you found it interesting. I could spend hours and hours reading about the origins and political implications of words.

]]> By: Love 4 Teas http://www.gongfugirl.com/2008/03/tea-words/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Love 4 Teas Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:30:52 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=257#comment-623 thanks for the interesting info on tea and linguistics. I also noticed the cha and tea thing. thanks for the interesting info on tea and linguistics. I also noticed the cha and tea thing.

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