Peter McMillan wrote:

On 11 Jun 2003 18:50:04 GMT, lal_truckee
wrote:

They can probably get around that little nomenclature difficulty. They
have in the past: consider the national airline, for instance (QUANTAS.)

Close .... Qantas. Proof that as well as having rotten snow, we can't
spell very well either!

Neither can the Chinese. Is it Peking, Peiping, or Beijing? And why?
And is there any (ob)skiing in China besides sand-skiing in the Gobi?

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