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From: mathias@uhunix4.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Gerald B Mathias)
Subject: Re: How to Pronounce Beijing?
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 18:19:56 GMT
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Robert Eaglestone (eaglesto@bnr.ca) wrote:

: The folks I hang with say it "bay-zhing", with bay rhyming with
: lay, fray, stay, may, hey, hay, lane, etc.

They must have picked that "zhing" part up from TV/radio newscasters,
who almost to a (wo)man pronounce the "j" in the French manner.  It
should be more like in "judge" or the "ch" in "cheese."
