Date:    Tue, 12 May 1998 16:57:06 -0700
<br>From:    Benjamin Barrett <gogaku[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM>
<br>Subject: Beijing /j/
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<br>Does anyone know why the j in Beijing is frequently pronounced as if French?
<br>The Mandarin pronunciation is clearly like a "regular" English j, and the
<br>switch from Peking happened recently enough that it shouldn't have gotten
<br>mixed up.
<br>
<br>Benjamin Barrett
<br>gogaku[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ix.netcom.com
<br>www.netcom.com/~gogaku/
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