英语词汇a spot of tay的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

a spot of tay. When an Irishman says he’ll have a spot of tay he’s being more British than the British. Tay is not an ignorant Irish pronunciation of tea. The Portuguese introduced the drink we now know as tea into Europe as cha, and that was the first English name it went by. But as far back as 1650 En- glishmen were using the name the Dutch got from the Malay- ans for tea, te. This was pronounced tay in English long before it was pronounced tea and was often spelled tay to indicate its pronunciation. The pronunciation was common up until the end of the 18th century. In his “Rape of the Lock,” for example, Pope spells the word tea three times, but rhymes it with “obey,” “stay,” and “away.” See tea.

词汇	a spot of tay
词源	a spot of tay. When an Irishman says he’ll have a spot of tay he’s being more British than the British. Tay is not an ignorant Irish pronunciation of tea. The Portuguese introduced the drink we now know as tea into Europe as cha, and that was the first English name it went by. But as far back as 1650 En- glishmen were using the name the Dutch got from the Malay- ans for tea, te. This was pronounced tay in English long before it was pronounced tea and was often spelled tay to indicate its pronunciation. The pronunciation was common up until the end of the 18th century. In his “Rape of the Lock,” for example, Pope spells the word tea three times, but rhymes it with “obey,” “stay,” and “away.” See tea.
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