Quote #171 : I Hardly Care What The Pronouciation In The Future Might Or Might Not

HomeFortune CookiesQuotations - Random

Quote #171


: I hardly care what the pronouciation in the future might or might not
: be. It was definitely referring to a particular historical figure. *HE*
: pronounced his name something like Zheng. Historical names are usually
: pronounced with some attempt at historical accuracy except where decades
: or centuries of ignorance has intervened. *Why* would anyone in the future
: mispronounce a Chinese word using sound that does not even exist in
: Chinese?

Hmm, may I quote from the Egyptian chapter of Will Cuppy's "The Decline
and Fall of Practically Everybody"?

Menes = Aha = Ohe
Khufu = Cheops = Hwfw [sic]
Radedef = Tetf-Re = Didoufri = Ratiosis

Just a few thousand years and look at the mess!


ahasuer@clark.net Ahasuerus the Wandering Jew
Robert Conquest's Second Law
Every organization appears to be headed by secret agents of its opponents

Related: