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(→‎Asian name?: it's Tahitian, but I think may be other Asian similar words -- check the Wikipedia article on Mai tai (cocktail))
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Why this name sounds so Asian (I mean, either Chinese or Korean)? [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 18:35, 25 June 2007 (CDT)
Why this name sounds so Asian (I mean, either Chinese or Korean)? [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 18:35, 25 June 2007 (CDT)
:I dunno.  It's a very common Tahitian word, which is a Polynesian language akin to Hawaiian or Maori.  I think that if you check the Wikipedia article on Mai tai (cocktail) you will find some other listings -- some of them may have Asian connotations. [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 19:05, 25 June 2007 (CDT)

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Asian name?

Why this name sounds so Asian (I mean, either Chinese or Korean)? Yi Zhe Wu 18:35, 25 June 2007 (CDT)

I dunno. It's a very common Tahitian word, which is a Polynesian language akin to Hawaiian or Maori. I think that if you check the Wikipedia article on Mai tai (cocktail) you will find some other listings -- some of them may have Asian connotations. Hayford Peirce 19:05, 25 June 2007 (CDT)