Re: Different words for one thing

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
>
> Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> >  Because "water" is typically translated as
> > "mizu", Japanese people may get the impression that the English drink
> > their tea cold,
>
> Of course, where I live, that is the rule, not the exception. (No
> sane person drinks *hot* tea in the Texas heat).
Iced tea is *drunk* cold, but it is not *prepared* cold, which is the
context here.  I'm not sure what pouring cold water over tea leaves
would do, but I doubt it would be fit to drink.

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