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From: phoang@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Phillip V. Hoang)
Subject: Etymology of Tea
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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 19:01:01 GMT
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The Vietnamese word for tea is "tra" which is pronounced as the way it
is written. However rural Vietnamese, particularly Southern, pronounce
"tra" as "cha" which is very close to Cantonese pronunciation.

Phillip Hoang.
