On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:36:23 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2018-01-12 8:58 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 1/12/2018 10:13 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "S Viemeister"* wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> I'll take your word for it but I am not aware of problems.* Please
>>>>> tell me
>>>>> you don't say 'van Go'??
>>>>>
>>>> Only when speaking with Americans.
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> lol
>>>
>>> Interestingly enough, "van Go" is the only way I've ever heard it
>>> pronounced, even by teachers in school. I guess Usains just
>>> dumbed it down to easy pronunciation rather than trying to mimic
>>> the sound of vomiting.*
>>>
>>
>> We change and simplify at will.* Why do we say Rome for Roma and Naples
>> for Napoli?* I have no idea why simple city names had to be translated.
>
>But now we have to say Beijing when the English form is Peking.

Or take Mumbai.