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Re: Myanmar (formerly Burma)

by Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 14, 2008 at 02:21 AM

Snidely (Snidely.too@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:

>> get closer to English speaker's pronunciation.  Thus we have
>> Peiping*, Peking, and Beijing.  So what *IS* that middle
>> consonant? 
> 
> Depends on whether the Em****er is in his northern palace, or down
> in Nanking.
> 

I don't know, you naughty boy. I've never nanked.

-- 
Opus the Penguin
I spent a few minutes this morning sneaking up on ducks. - N Jill Marsh

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Myanmar (formerly Burma)

NadCixelsyd <nadcixels

2008-05-11 10:14:51

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"Don K" <dk@

2008-05-11 13:24:47

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Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAI

2008-05-11 17:57:04

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Lars Eighner <usenet@[

2008-05-11 13:00:24

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"Glenn Dowdy" &

2008-05-12 10:55:57

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QueBarbara <que.barbar

2008-05-12 12:42:39

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Blinky the Shark <no.s

2008-05-11 11:21:42

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"Don K" <dk@

2008-05-11 14:28:36

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Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAI

2008-05-11 19:05:50

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"Don K" <dk@

2008-05-11 19:51:35

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xhoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-05-11 22:56:49

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dilbert firestorm <sca

2008-05-15 03:14:53

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Paul L. Madarasz <madp

2008-05-15 06:52:04

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Heather <redboronia@[E

2008-05-16 10:33:59

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Paul L. Madarasz <madp

2008-05-15 18:19:39

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dilbert firestorm <sca

2008-05-16 01:15:38

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Paul L. Madarasz <madp

2008-05-16 07:44:01

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Peter Ward <me@[EMAIL

2008-05-16 17:48:44

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darkon <darkon.tdo@[EM

2008-05-16 13:34:04

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Opus the Penguin <opus

2008-05-16 21:27:12

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Peter Boulding <pjb@[E

2008-05-17 00:35:37

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dilbert firestorm <sca

2008-05-18 19:44:57

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Peter Boulding <pjb@[E

2008-05-21 15:05:56

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Guillermo el Gato <dev

2008-05-22 13:09:20

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-16 10:56:23

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Stan <szelek@[EMAIL PR

2008-05-11 14:16:42

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"Don K" <dk@

2008-05-11 14:36:29

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Stan <szelek@[EMAIL PR

2008-05-11 20:14:00

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"Don K" <dk@

2008-05-11 22:39:38

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Stan <szelek@[EMAIL PR

2008-05-14 08:02:41

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"artyw2@[EMAIL PROTE

2008-05-21 07:15:59

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Jerry Bauer <usenet@[E

2008-05-21 22:23:03

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huey.callison@[EMAIL PROT

2008-05-22 00:32:14

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-23 22:47:29

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Blinky the Shark <no.s

2008-05-23 21:12:27

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paulydak <im@[EMAIL PR

2008-05-25 09:20:02

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Veronique <veroniqueun

2008-05-11 11:13:49

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Dover Beach <moon.blan

2008-05-11 18:24:14

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nebusj-@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-05-11 14:34:26

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Opus the Penguin <opus

2008-05-11 21:58:44

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Blinky the Shark <no.s

2008-05-15 10:47:58

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Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAI

2008-05-11 19:04:22

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-11 15:21:30

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QueBarbara <que.barbar

2008-05-11 18:26:11

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-11 17:55:49

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-11 20:09:31

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bill van <billvan@[EMA

2008-05-12 02:30:02

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huey.callison@[EMAIL PROT

2008-05-12 00:36:45

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Bill Turlock <"Bi

2008-05-11 22:48:25

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xhoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-05-12 15:24:57

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-12 19:17:32

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Peter Boulding <pjb@[E

2008-05-11 23:17:16

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"ZBicyclist" &l

2008-05-11 18:20:14

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-11 17:57:54

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"ZBicyclist" &l

2008-05-11 21:20:49

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groo <afcagroo@[EMAIL

2008-05-18 04:50:44

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-18 18:37:45

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slidge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-05-12 08:43:01

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Opus the Penguin <opus

2008-05-12 18:06:07

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Peter Boulding <pjb@[E

2008-05-13 20:57:02

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-12 20:10:37

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"Glenn Dowdy" &

2008-05-12 11:01:41

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-18 18:26:40

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"artyw2@[EMAIL PROTE

2008-05-11 11:31:03

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msb@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M

2008-05-11 13:51:53

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-11 15:25:43

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Blinky the Shark <no.s

2008-05-11 15:16:25

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msb@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M

2008-05-12 16:14:00

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msb@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M

2008-05-13 19:16:30

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Blinky the Shark <no.s

2008-05-13 17:47:57

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bill van <billvan@[EMA

2008-05-11 18:58:15

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Estron <estron@[EMAIL

2008-05-12 09:42:37

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Veronique <veroniqueun

2008-05-11 12:22:14

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-11 20:20:56

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"MWB" <bickm

2008-05-11 17:10:39

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Opus the Penguin <opus

2008-05-11 22:09:29

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-11 16:47:58

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Bill Turlock <"Bi

2008-05-11 20:50:45

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huey.callison@[EMAIL PROT

2008-05-12 00:41:28

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"D.F. Manno" &l

2008-05-11 20:06:34

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Peter Ward <me@[EMAIL

2008-05-12 15:39:33

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"Cliff Hartle"

2008-05-12 01:58:38

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Bermuda999 <bermuda999

2008-05-11 20:39:49

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Bill Turlock <"Bi

2008-05-11 21:35:27

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"Richard R. Hershber

2008-05-12 06:58:25

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-12 09:33:19

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"artyw2@[EMAIL PROTE

2008-05-12 07:42:48

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Nick Spalding <spaldin

2008-05-12 16:09:36

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N Jill Marsh <njmarsh@

2008-05-12 16:53:07

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karomiow@[EMAIL PROTECTED

2008-05-12 10:08:08

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Snidely <Snidely.too@[

2008-05-13 17:17:13

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Paul L. Madarasz <madp

2008-05-13 17:23:20

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Opus the Penguin <opus

2008-05-14 02:21:32

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Snidely <Snidely.too@[

2008-05-13 17:17:46

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Greg Goss <gossg@[EMAI

2008-05-13 20:37:36

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2008-05-18 17:40:28

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