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Re:Stephen Fry: Putin is making scapegoats of gay people, ju... by tehwalrus on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @10:07AM (#6172894)
The only time I've heard it used in English recently is at Chinese restaurants, where the popular dish is still called "Peking Duck".

Beijing is much closer to the Mandarin pronouciation, bei3 jing1, meaning "north capital." (there is also a Nanjing, "south capital.")

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Re:Stephen Fry: Putin is making scapegoats of gay people, ju... by yareally on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @10:14AM (#6172947)
Similar to Beijing, Nanjing was once pronounced as "Nanking" in the West. Some historical events, such as the Nanking Incident[1], still reference that pronunciation to avoid confusion.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Incident

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