On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 11:28:12 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
Sure, but that doesn€˜t involve teaching them what white tea is.

Yes it does.

They come to the UK to be proficient in their studies using the English
Language, that is why they came to the UK to learn their chiosen subject
as taught in English.

Think I'm reasonably proficient in English - but white tea isn't in my
vocabulary.

Green tea isn't in mine, but it is for others.

Nor have I ever seen it on a menu.

It was on ours as Tea and coffee black or white.
You added sugar yourself they had cubes have you ever seen cubed sugar on a menu ?

Have you ever seen whisky on the rocks .....

Who drinks whisky on a rock !

White tea does exist I"ve never tried it a friend has in Thialand and it isn't common in the UK far less common than green tea or any of the other teas you can buy that you may not of heard of.

In the UK tea CAN mean more than just a cup of liquid it can mean a whole but small meal or snack.
Tea in other contries might mean someting quite differnt and if you are in those countries don't expect tea to be as it seen in the UK.

I've seen what tea is in some countries in greece they seemd to shop a little bag with the name liptons on it dunk it in some almost hot water for 2 minutes and then ask you if you want milk.



If I did see it, I'd
imagine it was a tea variety. Like green tea. The majority of ordinary tea
drinkers take it with milk. Those who don't ask for it without milk.

Not if it;'s on a menu they'll use the term on that menu.


White coffee is different. Using the same description for tea suggests a
lack of knowledge of colloquial English - rather than the oposite.

White coffee for me was always made with hot milk rather than hot water.
But I've heard foreigners call that something differnt and they blow bubbles into it and cal, it something else.

If I see a hot dog stall in the UK say outside tower bridge I expect a certain produce, which might be differnt to what I might get in Korea or china from a hot dog stall !

Sometimes you need to use your brain to work out what something is in relation to where you are.
This is the reason why we must make sure those that come to the UK understand our couture whether it be coffee black or white of whether a girl with a skirt above her knee is a prostitute or not.
We should not be changing the way we see things to suite others in these cases.