Incorrect Place Names and SE Asia
Posted on 30 September 2010
Bombay recently changed its name to Mumbai, so did Bangalore to Bengaluru, and cricket commentators fell over themselves to use the new names as quickly as possible. On the news these days they say Beijing not Peking, Canton is vanishing as a name for Guangzhou though admittedly drunken Dutch still call New York ‘New Amsterdam’. So here’s my question, why doesn't this world recognition of correct naming apply to South East Asia
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