From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
for Mandarin
>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:52:25 -0400
>
>>There's no reason Taiwan should be Daiwan. The /t/ is aspirated.
>
>
>Post in haste, repent at leisure.... I meant of course to say "Should
>we now write Daipei?"
>
Umm. same "tai" in both cases. Perhaps you meant Taibei. But like I said
earlier. I don't think the official names of "well known" places will
change.
Adam
Adam
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