Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.

It seems that many anglophones don't see accents at all. There's a furniture
company with stores in Britain called Moeben (i.e., m, o-umlaut,b, e, n)
which is always pronounced as if there were no umlaut on the o! Aaargh!
nd yes, Tony Blair speaks vg French. Such a shame that his English was so
full of bullsh*t.
Mike
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> Probably true; anglophones have a reputation for being poor learners of
> foreign languages. Yet I've heard some British politicians speak excellent
> French (and others who totally butcher it); one of our presidential After
> several generations, most foreign names have become Americanized (and the
> same will probably happen with Hispanic names). German "Mueller"s are now
> [mUl@r\, mjul@r\] or even [mIl@r\]; most of the Dutch names in my area are
> still written a la Dutch, but -huis is usually [hajs] or even "house", and
> the little village of Graafschap (sp?) is often called "Grass Cup". So go
> figure :-))))))
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