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Group: alt.fan.ceciladams · Group Profile
Author: NadCixelsyd
Date: May 11, 2008 10:14

Why does every mention of Myanmar on radio/TV have to add "formerly
Burma" to the text. Does anyone say, "formerly British Honduras" or
"formerly Ceylon" or "formerly Hot Springs, New Mexico"? Does the
stewardess say, "Welcome to New York (formerly New Amsterdam) Kennedy
airport, formerly, Idlewild"?

Anyone that, by now, doesn't know Myanmar's former name probably
doesn't care.
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