And then there’s this discovery… https://www.quora.com/In-the-Polish-language-the-word-for-tea-herbata-is-neither-derived-from-cha-nor-tee-Are-there-any-other-languages-like-that someone explains it is a derivative… From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allison Rich Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 10:20 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Tea or Chai 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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> On Monday, September 17, 2018 7:15 AM, "Rich, Allison" <[log in to unmask]><mailto:[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<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1176962%2Fmap-how-the-word-tea-spread-over-land-and-sea-to-conquer-the-world%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfb_qz_p_1176962_3_us&data=02%7C01%7Cleslie.wagner%40UTA.EDU%7C5c654d7568074f44fbaa08d61f0e2040%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C0%7C0%7C636730542868644584&sdata=iicjFa0UK73HTJDsVVZmRGKGMyYnX9gW3ZmydfKBxFM%3D&reserved=0> -- ******************************** "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]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ********************************