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To: philman_36
<i>Now you're just playing stupid.

I think what Squeeky means is the name doesn't sound "Chinese" (i.e., Mandarin), because in Mandarin syllables never close with "m" or "k". To my ear, it sounds Cantonese (and perhaps Wong himself was a Cantonese speaker). At that historical juncture Cantonese names were commonly used in the West -- e.g., "Peking" for "Beijing".

277 posted on 06/23/2011 5:45:58 PM PDT by Nathanael1
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To: Nathanael1
I think what Squeeky means...
Did you sign up to be a water mule to carry somebody else's bucket of water or did you volunteer?

Furthermore, you're insulting the poster in question's intelligence by speaking for them as if they're incapable of explaining themselves.

283 posted on 06/23/2011 6:22:20 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Nathanael1

Thank you!!! And no, the name did not sound Chinese. But I read the case AGAIN, and it was his name. There is some other stuff I ran across where he went to China and then tried come back and they didn’t want to let him back in to the county, which is why there are TWO Wong Kim Ark cases, so you have to be careful which one you read. The wrong one is pretty short.


287 posted on 06/23/2011 7:00:32 PM PDT by Squeeky ("Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. " Emily Dickinson)
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