Re: USAGE: The name "Chiang Kai-shek"
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 21, 2002, 23:02 |
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:22:04PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> Does anyone know the true origin of this name? It cannot be Mandarin
> (the Mandarin reading is "Jiang Jieshi"), nor Cantonese either. I have
> had a suggestion that it is Gan; CKS was born in Zhejiang province,
> and [ts\jaN kai s\Ek] is at least plausible in Gan phonology AFAIU.
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I would think it is a transliteration from the Hokkien/Taiwanese
pronunciation of his name. Perhaps Douglas knows the real answer?
T
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