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Is Pekin still used for Beijing?
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25 Aug 2008 Mon 03:59 pm |
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I noticed on the Turkish web-sites with references to the Olympics mentioned the city Pekin (Peking) and not Beijing. Has Turkey stayed with the old place name.
Secondly, what is the Turkish word for the Paralympics, the games for the disabled athletes?
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25 Aug 2008 Mon 07:17 pm |
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I noticed on the Turkish web-sites with references to the Olympics mentioned the city Pekin (Peking) and not Beijing. Has Turkey stayed with the old place name.
Secondly, what is the Turkish word for the Paralympics, the games for the disabled athletes?
answer to your second question: it is "engelli olimpiyatlari."
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25 Aug 2008 Mon 07:27 pm |
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I noticed on the Turkish web-sites with references to the Olympics mentioned the city Pekin (Peking) and not Beijing. Has Turkey stayed with the old place name.
Secondly, what is the Turkish word for the Paralympics, the games for the disabled athletes?
it`s still called pekin in Turkey. Beijing is impossible for us to pronounce.
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25 Aug 2008 Mon 08:16 pm |
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its still called Pekin in arabic too (i htink)ive never heard beijing before
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26 Aug 2008 Tue 01:48 am |
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Thanks for all the answers.
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26 Aug 2008 Tue 04:43 am |
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hi all
the right name is beijing,,but in old times,,all the books use "pekin"
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26 Aug 2008 Tue 11:36 am |
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What makes you think that we should drop the established "Pekin" usage and accept the English spelling instead? What´s next? Drop "Londra" and accept London?
On the other hand, they refuse to use "Turkia" instead of Turkey.
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