http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/boeing-dreamliner-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boeing-dreamliner-japan Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/boeing-dreamliner-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-27459 hajaxavier Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=156669#comment-27459 I'm suprised that a reporter for the World doesn't know how to pronouce All Nippon Airlines, especially given that "All" is an english word. It is not Al like Al Pacino, it is all, like all the kings men. The Chinese characters are zen (all) ni (japan) and ku (airline). The english name of the company should be All Japan Airlines, not All Nippon, that way we wouldn't have reporters pronouce the English word "all" "Al". I’m suprised that a reporter for the World doesn’t know how to pronouce All Nippon Airlines, especially given that “All” is an english word. It is not Al like Al Pacino, it is all, like all the kings men. The Chinese characters are zen (all) ni (japan) and ku (airline). The english name of the company should be All Japan Airlines, not All Nippon, that way we wouldn’t have reporters pronouce the English word “all” “Al”.

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