My sister thinks nobody uses the word tisane

[conuly]

Please post here to tell her she’s wrong.

Edit: Jenn also says that I'm being unfairly prejudicial in my wording so, uh, you can also tell me I'm wrong I guess.

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[redbird]

Yesterday on Discord a friend posted to say that her husband was making tea for himself a a tisane for her. If I'd been the writer, I'd probably have said "herb tea"--"tisane" is a word I recognize, and may use if someone else has already used it in the same conversation, but it's not my natural usage.

On the other hand, my natural usage has me occasionally stopping to change "bodega" to "convenience store," that being current Boston-area usage.

I should probably add that the Discord server where my friend used "tisane" yesterday includes a number of people who Canadians, some of whom live in Quebec, and at least one native speaker of French (who lives in New Jersey.