There are probably exceptions but, I wonder, does the "ta" at the end 
have any correlation linguistically to tea?

Allison

> Interesting.  I don't know how many exceptions there are, but I know 
> one. Tea in Polish is herbata.
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> Doug
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> On Monday, September 17, 2018 7:15 AM, "Rich, Allison" 
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> Hi all:
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> I found this very interesting. I thought that some of you might too. 
> And yes, of course, there is a map involved.
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> Allison
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> https://qz.com/1176962/map-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world/?utm_source=fb_qz_p_1176962_3_us
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- Groucho Marx"

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