Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 21, 2008, 14:59 |
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> wrote:
> I don't object when English speakers pronounce my
> surname ['dZAns@n] or ['dZQns@n], but I always
> pronounce it ['juns:on] myself, because that's who
> I am.
Sure, but if you lived in an English-speaking area, would you continue
that practice? It's all about the degree of integration. As a
foreign traveller I don't mind being [ma`r\k r\i:d] whatever the
language, but if I were living in a Spanish-speaking country I'm
pretty sure I'd start calling myself [ma4kos r:iD_}] eventually.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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