Believe it or not, Peking & Beijing are the same in Chinese writing
(although the Chinese Communists made a mess and invented the Simplified
Chinese writing, and distorted the usage of many Chinese words along the
way), just different pronunciation. Peking is Cantonese, Beijing is
Mandarin. Just in case you might not know, Taiwanese speak Mandarin and use
Traditional Chinese writing. The mainland China use Mandarin but simplified
Chinese writing, while HK people speak Cantonese and use traditional Chinese
writing. So it is possible that 2 Chinese spoken people might not be able to
communicate depends on where they came from. Great huh!!
Yours regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I've always wondered,
Now that we no longer call the capital of The People's Republic of China by
it's colonial name of Peking, and now call it "Beijing", must we do the
same for the duck?
Is it now Beijing Duck?
Just curious.
_________________________________________________________________
Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca
