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Re: Chosin Few
Dan,
>>At 09:50 AM 9/4/2002 -0400, you wrote:
We had to change the name of Peking to Bejine.<<
Apples and oranges. "Bejing" is still pronounced in Chinese as was when it
appeared as "Peking" on maps printed in English. Only difference is the
way the Chinese Characters were "Romanized."
>>I do not understand the the issue either..changing it back to Chanjin
or whatever the correct spelling is?<<
It has been corrected on later maps but in American history it will always
be known as the "Chosin Reservoir" because that is what it was known as at
the time. History is "what happened, when & where," with "where" being
whatever name of the place the event took place "when." There are,
literally, thousands of inaccurate "where" in history when judged by
today's "where" but these are accepted since that was how the "where" was
known when the event took place.
Ed
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