Re: Anachronisms in LOTR

"Jetro de Château" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> However the caravan's that brought that tea used a different chinese
> dialect and called it 'Cha', a name still used in many countries.

'Char' is used by some east Londoners to mean tea, probably because 
this was where Chinese seamen used to dock.  There's a monument marking 
the location of the original Chinatown (it moved to its present day 
location in Soho in the 1960s).


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