When Romanizations Go Wrong
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When Romanizations Go Wrong
Why is Tao pronounced like Dao?
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Why is Tao pronounced like Dao?
Where did Tao with a ‘T ‘ come from?
I’m often asked, “How do you pronounce Tao? Is it with a T or a D?”
To answer this question, we must travel back to the 1850s. Pretend you travel to China only to discover that you not only have to learn to speak a significantly different tonal language, but you…
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