Google Translate is freaking out Sihanoukville

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Yeah, so Sihanoukville didn't exist. Looks like the port of Kampong Saom was nearer Srey Ambel.
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cptrelentless wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:36 pm Yeah, so Sihanoukville didn't exist. Looks like the port of Kampong Saom was nearer Srey Ambel.
yeah weve already said sihanoukville didnt exist before the 1950's
you said Kampong Saom was the name given to it by the Khmer Rouge, when its not...
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That is an outrage! Google should label it "New Beijing" and be done with it.
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cptrelentless wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:36 pm Yeah, so Sihanoukville didn't exist. Looks like the port of Kampong Saom was nearer Srey Ambel.

Was the original port the one now owned by Rith Mony
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xxxxxxx wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 2:10 am That is an outrage! Google should label it "New Beijing" and be done with it.

I'd prefer some sort of 'combo' of the old and new - Xi'anoukville (phonetically, it's almost the same).
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What matters is only how the locals are calling, that's the true name.

Frogs have a tendency to give a new name to every city they've been through.

Sihanoukville, Pekin, Londres, Cambodge (Cambodia) ...

Ok, chinese does the same too :lol:
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I worked with an American who couldn't say Cambodia... it was "Camboja". That's okay though... because he thought Busan and Pusan in Korea were two different cities. :ROFL: :roll:
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