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Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.

From:Michael Poxon <mike@...>
Date:Thursday, August 21, 2008, 20:51
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
>
> 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 :-)))))) > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1620 - Release > Date: 19/08/2008 06:04 > >