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To: SunkenCiv

I thought this thread was about Andrea Mitchell’s husband.

3 posted on 03/29/2012 9:21:08 PM PDT by Batman11 (Obama's poll numbers are so low the Kenyans are claiming he was born in the USA!)

To: Batman11

Did Peking Man become Beijing Man when they changed the pronunciation of Peking to Beijing?

Why didn’t Peking Duck become Beijing Duck?

I heard they changed the pronunciation because Beijing is much closer to how the city is pronounced in Mandarin. Don’t know if that’s true or not.

6 posted on 03/29/2012 9:24:06 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego

To: Batman11; Oztrich Boy

;’)

10 posted on 03/31/2012 5:51:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)

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