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Re:Questions, Answers and discussion/debate about Burma/Myanmar. 6 Months, 3 Weeks ago

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Let me jump into the debate. Burma or Myanmar is the short name for the country. The full name is “Union of Burma” or “Union of Myanmar”. It is very confusing. Some called it Burma and some Myanmar including many governments or media etc called differently. One thing for sure, in western world Burma is well known and not Myanmar not to mention the name Myanmar ( they usually pronounce “My and Mar”) is hard to pronounce for foreigners. When you say I’m from Myanmar many foreigners replied where the hell is that? (Sure it looks like hell on earth now a days) And I mean literally if you pronounce correctly. I remember when I applied for US Passport and in the section where it ask “your birth place” I put “Burma” and in bracket “Myanmar” (both) but when the Passport came back it was imprint “Burma”. Some ask me how do you call the people of Myanmar? I replied “Myanmars” but mostly foreigners (including Asian Nations) called them Myanmarese (or Myanmarcheese?)

Well, to me when you called a name for a country, the full name is the most proper name. Example like USA or US. The best way to call for this country is the “United States of America”, that’s the full name. Same with Burma, the proper way to call that country is the “Union of Burma or Union of Myanmar”. According to “may” it seems the ruling regime does not have any respect or approval from the people of Burma/Myanmar. They just imposed what they want. This is “rude, uncivilized and disrespectful to all including their own citizens.

This name problem is on going and it should be stop or put an end for it is so confusing and complicated to do things for simple matters like mentioning the birth place/country. These are small little things but this unsolved problem makes it more difficult. Well, what can I say? For this is Burma unlike any place in the world like Rudyard Kipling wrote. I agree with him but the only difference is it is unlike (different) in a bad or worse way than others.

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