Interesting threadhttps://twitter.com/tanchunkiet/status/1332566007995535361 …
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"Canton" for "Guangdong" dates back to the loosey-goosey era of Europeans just making up transliterations off the cuff and is probably influenced by the 100% coincidental similarity to the French word "canton" for "district"
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I always wondered how they got Peking from Beijing
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