Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.
| From: | Dana Nutter <li_sasxsek@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 23:04 |
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> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> Sure, "Paris" would be understood in context, but the standard way of
> referring to it is "Paris, France". Not to be confused with Paris,
> Texas, or any of the other 15 Parises in the United States alone...
Or the zillions of Londons, Romes, Athenses, Florences, or long list of similar
cities prefixed by the word "New". Something I've found very annoying since
moving to the Eastern part of the country is how the same names keep cropping
up all over.