Beijing

[Wilson Gray]

Heard on TV,

"Beijing [bEI'dZIN]"

I had no idea that I was not the only one in the English-speaking
world to use this pronunciation. Some may recall the

"Peiping [bEI'pIN]"

of yore.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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