Cha
I was surprised to find that the word for tea in Portuguese is "Cha" which is coincidentally similar to the word for tea in Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, and probably other languages. I wonder if there is any direct relation?
posted by Jimmy at
1:24 PM
1 Comments:
yes. china is considered the birthplace of tea...er, cha. thanks to the white folk, "cha" turned into "tea" because of pronunciation issues.
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