05-02-2009, 02:52 PM
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Is tea a herb?
phorbin wrote:
In article ,
says...
Is tea a herb? Just that, with apologies if it's not exactly OT. Oh,
there is one more thing: is 'herb' pronounced erb?
Tea is camellia sinensis and it is an herb.
Both pronunciations are correct.
Thank you for the prompt and to-the-point answer.
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But you see, I can believe a thing without understanding it.
It's all a matter of training.
--Lord Peter Wimsey in Dorothy L Sayers' _Have His Carcase_
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