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Ugh! What is 'bed tea'? The whole statement is too graphic to be acceptable in mainstream writing. Simply: 'You must rinse out your mouth in the morning'.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 20, 2007 13:48 pm Expression: 'You must rince out the dirty substance in...' |
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Ugh! What is 'bed tea'? The whole statement is too graphic to be acceptable in mainstream writing. Simply: 'You must rinse out your mouth in the morning'.
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Many thanks, MM
...but if a doctor is explaining to someone (as to?) why they should not take bed tea--then how will you find the following?
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Aug 20, 2007 14:08 pm Expression: 'You must rince out the dirty substance in...' |
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You haven't told me what 'bed tea' is yet.
'As to' is wrong.
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:10 am Expression: 'You must rince out the dirty substance in...' |
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Tom, do you mean that a doctor might tell patients that they should not drink tea in bed at night unless they get up and rinse out their mouths before going to sleep? 
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Aug 21, 2007 16:52 pm Expression: 'You must rince out the dirty substance in...' |
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Hi Tom
I'm familiar with the expression "breakfast in bed", but I'd never heard the expression "bed tea" before. Does someone bring the tea directly to you while you're still in bed? Or do you have to get up, make the tea, and then bring it back to bed yourself? Is it hot tea or cold tea?
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:36 am Expression: 'You must rince out the dirty substance in...' |
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Does someone bring the tea directly to you while you're still in bed? |
Yes, Amy
There is no question of getting up and making tea for yourself, because the whole concept of hot, bed tea goes away. Many people wake up only through taking bed tea. They keep lying in bed (with their eyes closed) and sipping at bed tea. This supposedly helps them sort of wake up. So, now back to my original sentence--since doctors advise against bed tea, how do you find the red remark?
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I still find it unpleasantly put. A doctor would perhaps say something like 'you should rinse your mouth with clean water in the morning instead of drinking tea', leaving the 'dirty substance' (ugh!) to the individual imagination.
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Yes, Amy
There is no question of getting up and making tea for yourself, because the whole concept of hot, bed tea goes away. Many people wake up only through taking bed tea. They keep lying in bed (with their eyes closed) and sipping at bed tea. This supposedly helps them sort of wake up. |
So, somebody serves you hot tea in the morning? I mean, how can you drink hot tea in bed without getting up and fixing it? Or do you keep it in a thermos flask during the night?
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No, Torsten, it's not kept in a thermos. Your servant or wife or someone else (who is not habitual of bed tea himself) serves you in the morning. 
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What if we don't have a servant and my wife wants bed tea as well?
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You will soon forget that once you were also fond of bed tea. 
