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Re: USAGE: Yet another try at Pinyin-compatible tonal spelling for Mandarin

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 20, 2001, 12:30
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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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