Chee-ang v. Johng

"How do you pronounce your name?" a reporter asked Mme. Chiang.

Her answer: There is a Chinese way and an American way. In American, it is chee-ang. In Mandarin, now the official dialect of China, it is approximately John with a g on the end.

Other Mandarin pronunciations:

Kuomintang (the Party): gwaw-min-dahng.

Meiling: may-ling.

Chungking: choong-ching.

Ho Ying-chin (Minister of War) : hoe ying-jin.

Chen Pu-lei (Gissimo's secretary) : chun boo-lay.

Wei Tao-ming (Ambassador to the U.S.): way dow-ming.

Mei Kuo (America): may-gwaw.

Chung Kuo (China): joong-gwaw.

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