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Quite Literally, Chinese Aren't Saying 'Google'

Language barrier keeps search engine a bit player in big market

(Newser) - "Google" is a verb in many dictionaries, but the challenge of pronouncing it in Chinese has spelled trouble for the planet’s biggest search engine. "G-O-O-G-L-E is not a normal Chinese spelling and people don't pronounce it right," one Google exec tells Bloomberg of China, where the... More »

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