Burma or Myanmar?

[A_Wanderer]

What do you call it?

 

[unosdostres14]

I don't call it.

 

[indra]

I voted Myanmar because the company I used to work for imported some clothing from there and Myanmar was the official name. Importing clothing from Myanmar was a major pain in the ass, by the way.

But I like the sound of Burma better.

 

[dandy]

myanmar

isn't burma the english colonizers' name for the country?

 

[foray]

'Burma' is derived from Sanskrit. Maybe you're thinking of 'Ceylon'.


foray

 

[melon]

The U.S. officially calls it "Burma" still; likely a gesture over the fact that they don't support the military government that renamed it "Myanmar" in the first place.

Melon

 

[verte76]

"Burma", just because the pronunciation of "Myanmar" is a bit trickier. I always go for the easier pronunciation.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

I thought this was going to be about Aung San Suu Kyi 60th birthday.

 

[U2democrat]

"Burma", just because the pronunciation of "Myanmar" is a bit trickier. I always go for the easier pronunciation.

I'm with Verte on this!

 

[financeguy]

I honestly don't know the correct answer, but I sometimes refer to Beijing as Peking or Zimbabwe as Rhodesia to piss off overly politically correct leftists.

Mmmmm.....I wonder if I started referring to Northern Ireland as the Six Occupied Counties would people think that I'm an IRA supporter? Anyway, I digress.

 

[melon]

Don't forget "Eurasia." Europe isn't a real continent.

Melon

 

[financeguy]

Hmm....well I wouldn't go that far. Maybe I should refer to America as the Former Western Colonies?

 

[stammer476]

Myanmar is what the stamp on my passport says, so that's what I've called it.

 

[Liesje]

Myanmar is what we learned in high school

 

[deep]

What do you call it?

a fucking disgrace

"I send my best wishes to Aung San Suu Kyi for her 60th birthday," Bush said. "Her strength, courage, and personal sacrifice in standing up for the oppressed people of Burma have inspired those who stand for freedom."

this is what W really sends

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt receives officials of Unocal Myanmar Offshore

YANGON, 18 June — Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Khin Nyunt received Senior Vice-President, Global Marketing, Unocal Corporation, Mr Randy Howard of Unocal Myanmar Offshore Co Ltd and party at Zeyathiri Beikman at 8.30 am today.

Also present at the call were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Director-General of Government Office U Soe Tint and Director-General of Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thura U Aung Htet.

The Senior Vice-President of Unocal Myanmar Offshore Co Ltd was accompanied by Chairman of IEO, South East Asia, (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) Mr Steve Green and Unocal (Myanmar) President Mr David C Peters.

 

[A_Wanderer]

The weakness of Capitalism; but Unocal has been doing business in Burma since the 80's, how is this Bush's fault?