"Been" in AmEng

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Anuradha Chepur
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Post by Anuradha Chepur » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:04 am

The roadside tea comes unbelievably cheap. However, many people relish it, just as they relish using condensed milk, and sometimes people go out of their way to have roadside tea.

Better money can get you better tea, and there are places where what you pay for the tea inludes the cost of the etiquette and the ambience in which it is served.

I don't know about mint, but some people add ginger or cardamom.

eslweb
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Tea in Malaysia...

Post by eslweb » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:02 pm

I know we're getting a touch off-topic, but I was very interested to hear that it's not just Malaysia where they serve condensed super-sweetened tea with the bag in and sometimes the spoon... They have great tea plantations in Malaysia and there's nothing quite as good as fresh tea from a fresh leaf... Complete with scones and strawberry jam.

My big question is, does this Arabic tea taste like Peppermint tea?

Oh yes, and I did have a linguistic question too... Hence the reason to read the topic...

In American English can you put already at the end of the sentence. e.g.

Has the postman been (here) already?
Or
Have you finished already?
(As opposed to Have you already finished?)

James

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