“Have you had your tea yet?” = “Have you had dinner yet”
In lesson 2, the semantics of tea vs brew vs cuppa
I’d like to learn this too.
Tbh, I was hoping some other Brit with actual social skills would drop by with the answer, then I could pretend to have known all along. I think it indicates increasing familiarity, something like
- Tea - you are a person who might want tea
- Cuppa - we are on friendly terms and I consider you my social equal
- Brew - I would trust you with my life and call you wanker to your face
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Good shout. There’s probably class differences too - there usually are.
If someone I think is “high class” or just classy in general offers to brew some tea I’m expecting the loose leaf and a porcelain teapot to come out, and some science about the perfect steeping time for this particular blend.
If I’m in my trackies and slippers having a fag on the patio, and offer to brew tea for the tradie working on a roof, I’m pouring boiling hot water over a dusty 2 cent bag in a thick ass mug, and he knows it.
How does English society even function
I’m from the Commonwealth and I don’t see anything wrong. Which part of this doesn’t make sense? Would it help understanding if you swapped tea for coffee?
