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Pedants* like you. Everyone knows what chai tea is referring to. In the same way they understand what naan bread is.
by 2024throwaway 3y ago
Pedants* like you.
Everyone knows what chai tea is referring to. In the same way they understand what naan bread is.
- ra7 3y agoDoesn’t mean it’s correct!
- QuercusMax 3y agoExcept you're wrong, and this type of construction is extremely common. Take "pine tree" for example. There's nothing "incorrect" about calling it chai tea.
- delecti 3y agoIn this case, I would argue that it does. "Sahara" means "desert", but "Sahara Desert" is still the proper name for that place. "Naan" means "bread", but it's also the name we use for the kind of bread originally made by the people who speak the language where "naan" means "bread". Likewise, "chai tea" is a perfectly fine name for tea made in the style of the people whose word for "tea" is "chai". Languages do this all the time.
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- ra7 3y ago> Likewise, "chai tea" is a perfectly fine name for tea made in the style of the people whose word for "tea" is "chai". In India, chai specifically means tea with milk. It’s not just any “tea”. It’s fine to use, but not entirely accurate.
- nkingsy 3y agojust call it a chai latte piss off everyone
- delecti 3y agoYes, and if you go to a coffee place in the US and ask for a "chai tea", you'll get a drink made with black tea, spices, and steamed milk.
- ra7 3y agoThat’s not a given in many coffee shops. Adding spices makes it “masala chai”, which some sell as a separate drink. Some don’t put spices and call it “chai latte”. So the usage is all over the place.
- wtmt 3y ago> In India, chai specifically means tea with milk. Citation needed with the part of India referred to here.
- ra7 3y agoSee second sentence in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masala_chai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masala_chai: > Masala chai is a popular beverage throughout South Asia, originating in the early modern Indian subcontinent. Chai is made by brewing black tea (usually CTC tea) in milk and water and then sweetening with sugar. Adding aromatic herbs and spices creates masala chai, although chai is often prepared unspiced.[2][3]
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoIt's great to refer to things by their proper names, never mind the corruption that English has adopted. Still, rude to correct someone for using what's essentially a colloquialism. If enough people use a word 'wrong' then, well, that's a new usage that we can't ignore or get prescriptive about. Because prescriptive usage is from some point of view after all. The Chai tea people have their point of view, and are correct within their community.
- someuser2345 3y agoEnglish is a descriptive language; if enough people say something, it automatically becomes correct!
- kazinator 3y ago> Everyone I suspect that if we venture into the streets of an American city and interview random passers-by, fewer than 10% will know that "chai" is a word that already means "tea".
- gowld 3y agoIncorrect people* like PP, who don't understand the difference between Hindi and English.