If chinese words are written in chinese characters, why are western spellings of them so difficult to deciper, e.g. Deng Xioping - why not spell his surname Shaoping?
I wonder how many modern songs have been lifted from classical recordings..for instance Eric Carmen swiped his tune from Rachmaninovs Symphony No:2 Any More?
This is something which has been really bugging me. Ok, you hear people say the odds of a certain thing happening are next to infinite, like the odds of me winning the lottery for the next five weeks...