Date:    Wed, 13 May 1998 19:28:58 +0700
<br>From:    Scott Paauw <spaauw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RAD.NET.ID>
<br>Subject: Re: Beijing /j/
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<br>For some reason the fricative "zh" is used in place of the correct
<br>affricate "dj" in a number of Asian words/place names: besides
<br>"Beizhing," I have often come across "mah zhong" and "Tazh Mahal."  I
<br>agree with those who have said this satisfies our need for foreign words
<br>to "sound foreign."
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