Re: Chosin Few

["J.E. Ballow" <bballow@motion.net>]

Think of the confusion you are stirring up over a name. Sort of like those
of us who studied China having learned the Wade-Giles system, now trying to
make sense of the current Pinyin system. Mass confusion. Drop it!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Evanhoe" <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>
To: <KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: 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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