3 ms·
Nitpick: Peking is not a romanisation, it’s the Cantonese word for Beijing butchered by English accent. Likely relating to many early interactions with China o
by onethought 4y ago
Nitpick: Peking is not a romanisation, it’s the Cantonese word for Beijing butchered by English accent.
Likely relating to many early interactions with China occurring in the Guangdong region.
- msla 4y ago> Peking is not a romanisation Yes, it is. A romanization is spelling a word in the Latin alphabet when the people who use that language as their first language use a different writing system.
- onethought 4y agoThat would be: bak1 ging1 if we are talking Cantonese. Peking is the English word for that romanisation.
- msla 4y agoA romanization is still a romanization even if it doesn't follow an accepted standard.
- onethought 4y agoBut Peking is a translation of a Portuguese “romanisation” (by your standard)… Is chopstick a romanisation?
- thealistra 4y agoIn polish Beijing is just Pekin after all those years. So I am confused why it desynced in english