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. > > Doug > > Douglas W Sims > 3516A Bayview Avenue > Brooklyn, New York 11224 > > 1-718-891-6684 > > [log in to unmask] > > > On Monday, September 17, 2018 7:15 AM, "Rich, Allison" > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi all: > > I found this very interesting. I thought that some of you might too. > And yes, of course, there is a map involved. > > Allison > > 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 > > -- > ******************************** > "Outside of a dog, > a book is probably man's best friend, > and inside of a dog, > it's too dark to read. > - Groucho Marx" > > Allison Rich > Catalogue Librarian > John Carter Brown Library > Providence, Rhode Island > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ******************************** > > > -- ******************************** "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend, and inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx" Allison Rich Rare Materials Cataloguer ESTC and NACO Coordinator John Carter Brown Library Providence, Rhode Island [log in to unmask] ********************************