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To: decimon

Peking Man is now Zippo Marxist?


5 posted on 08/12/2009 12:23:02 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: N. Theknow

Remember years ago, when they changed the city of Peking to Beijing? This was supposed to more accurately reflect how the name of the city is pronounced in Mandarin.

But, at that time, why didn’t the name of Peking Duck become Beijing Duck? And why didn’t Peking Man become Beijing Man?


9 posted on 08/12/2009 2:12:45 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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