From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Thu Jun 18 2009 - 19:16:39 CDT
¦b Jun 19, 2009 12:46 AM ®É¡A Asmus Freytag ¼g¨ì¡G
> It very much depends not only on "age", but also on the "time" of
> adoption. The current fashion for geographic name is to follow the
> preferences or usage of the "owner" of the name (Beijing for Peking).
>
It also depends on what you think of the "owner." A lot of people
still insist on Burma instead of Myanmar. (And just to be a
contrarian, I keep saying "Peking" instead of "Beijing", let alone the
awful newscaster mangle of "bay-zhing", the home of "tien annamun
square". *shudder*)
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
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