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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
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8 posted on 03/29/2012 9:54:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
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