ext_243801 ([identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_tove/) wrote in [personal profile] gusl 2010-05-18 06:21 pm (UTC)

I have a mainland-Chinese friend named Cheng, who pronounces her name (as far as I can tell, and she tells me I pronounce her name correctly, although I almost certainly don't get the tone right) as "Chung." It seems to me that the "Cheng" transliteration strongly encourages the incorrect pronunciation "Chang," at least to native English speakers.

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