http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/heavenly-peace Language in a word Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:13:52 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/heavenly-peace/comment-page-1#comment-9276 Graham Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:52:15 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=346#comment-9276 Adrian - Perhaps in Australia this was the case, but in the UK, much further from the action, 'Peking' was certainly in regular use in all the printed media until the late 1980s, and by the BBC until then as well (a piece by Kate Adie, reporting from Tiananmen Square at the time of the protests, and repeated on BBC Radio 4 a week or so ago, had her saying 'Peking'). Adrian – Perhaps in Australia this was the case, but in the UK, much further from the action, ‘Peking’ was certainly in regular use in all the printed media until the late 1980s, and by the BBC until then as well (a piece by Kate Adie, reporting from Tiananmen Square at the time of the protests, and repeated on BBC Radio 4 a week or so ago, had her saying ‘Peking’).

]]> http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/heavenly-peace/comment-page-1#comment-9229 Adrian Morgan Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:45:12 +0000 http://www.linguism.co.uk/?p=346#comment-9229 I started school in 1983, and at the age where students are first introduced to atlases (so let's call it mid eighties) I remember being taught that "Peking" was an antiquated form of the name that one might sometimes see in older publications. I'm sure the television news was using "Beijing" long before 1989; I don't remember it ever being otherwise. I started school in 1983, and at the age where students are first introduced to atlases (so let’s call it mid eighties) I remember being taught that “Peking” was an antiquated form of the name that one might sometimes see in older publications. I’m sure the television news was using “Beijing” long before 1989; I don’t remember it ever being otherwise.

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