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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Ghengis Khan et al #130810 08/05/2004 4:30 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia As the resident, unofficial and unelected champion of Mongol causes (you'll note I did not use the incorrect 'Mongolian'), I thought I'd draw to your attention that Mongols have never heard of Ghengis Khan. They know their latter day hero as "Chinggis Khan"; with a drawn out accent on the first syllable and "khan" pronounced 'harn' - so it comes out as "CHIIING giss-harn". ...just in case you were laying awake at night wondering... stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Ghengis Khan et al Wordwind 07/27/2004 12:43 PM Noyade Father Steve 07/27/2004 7:04 PM Re: Noyade tsuwm 07/27/2004 7:26 PM I shudder AnnaStrophic 07/27/2004 7:42 PM Re: I shudder jheem 07/28/2004 2:10 AM Bastinado Father Steve 07/28/2004 5:09 AM Re: Bastinado AnnaStrophic 07/28/2004 10:51 AM Re: Bastinado Capfka 08/01/2004 9:46 AM Re: Bastinado Father Steve 08/01/2004 7:40 PM Re: Defenestration sjmaxq 07/27/2004 7:49 PM Re: Defenestration tsuwm 07/27/2004 7:59 PM Re: Defenestration sjmaxq 07/27/2004 8:07 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al stales 08/05/2004 4:30 AM Re: Ghengis Khan et al Faldage 08/05/2004 10:19 AM Re: Ghengis Khan et al shanks 08/05/2004 5:23 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al Wordwind 08/07/2004 2:46 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al Buffalo Shrdlu 08/07/2004 8:31 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al Capfka 08/08/2004 4:29 AM Re: Ghengis Khan et al jheem 08/08/2004 12:38 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al Capfka 08/08/2004 7:48 PM Re: Ghengis Khan et al jheem 08/08/2004 8:15 PM Re: the wrath of Khan Buffalo Shrdlu 08/08/2004 8:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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