我隔壁办公室的一同事（老美）刚去了夏威夷开会。 告诉我他们一个小组有位中国来的博士生报告文章,  做的和讲的都很好，尤其是英语几乎没有口音（accent）。  "He is from Peking University.  Can you tell me where this Peking University is and how good is it?"  我告诉我同事Peking University 就是 University  of  Beijing。  “You mean the capital of China, Beijing?"  "yes, exactly."    "Why don't they just name it the University of Beijing?  Then, I would have known it, funny name, isn't it?"

据北大人说，用 “Peking University"  是为了让老外知道这就是北大， 而用Beijing U 外国人恐怕不知道。  呵呵， 中国人的悲哀，太强调舍己从人，而失去了自我。  北大人都如此，何况。。。。。？