Chinese netizens support name changing of "Dragon"

Fri Feb 10 22:33:11 UTC 2012

People's Daily, Beijing, Feb 10, 2012

Chinese netizens support name changing of "Dragon"

During the Spring Festival, thousands of Chinese netizens voted online to support changing the English name of "dragon" into "long," the pinyin spelling of the Chinese character, hoping that the new name could show the majesty and stateliness of the Chinese dragon.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90782/7726004.html

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk

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