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Author: StanStan Date: May 14, 2008 05:02
> "Stan" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:mn.5cbe7d852aae0222.90822@gmail.com...>>> "Stan" gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mn.5b587d8519b3a642.90822@gmail.com...>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> If they hadn't told me Myanmar was formerly Burma, I'd have thought it
>>>>> was a sandwich spread.
>>>>>
>>>>> That sort of thing is necessary whenever some yoyo seizes control of a
>>>>> country ...
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Author: dilbert firestormdilbert firestorm Date: May 15, 2008 01:14
Mary wrote:
> Don K wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> If they hadn't told me Myanmar was formerly Burma, I'd have thought it
>> was a sandwich spread.
>>
>> That sort of thing is necessary whenever some yoyo seizes control of a country
>> and changes the name without telling anyone.
>>
>> Don ...
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Author: Paul L. MadaraszPaul L. Madarasz Date: May 15, 2008 06:52
On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>Mary wrote:
>> Don K wrote:
>>>> Why does every mention of Myanmar...
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Author: HeatherHeather Date: May 15, 2008 17:17
On Thu, 15 May 2008 06:52:04 -0700, Paul L. Madarasz
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
> bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>>>Mary wrote:
>>> Don K wrote:
>>>> "NadCixelsyd" aol.com> wrote in...
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Author: Paul L. MadaraszPaul L. Madarasz Date: May 15, 2008 18:19
On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:33:59 +1000, Heather gmail.com>
wrote, perhaps among other things:
>On Thu, 15 May 2008 06:52:04 -0700, Paul L. Madarasz
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
>> bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things...
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Author: dilbert firestormdilbert firestorm Date: May 15, 2008 23:15
Paul L. Madarasz wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
> bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>>>Mary wrote:
>>> Don K wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> If they hadn't told me Myanmar was formerly Burma, I'd have thought it
>>>> was a sandwich spread.
>>>> ...
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Author: Paul L. MadaraszPaul L. Madarasz Date: May 16, 2008 07:44
On Fri, 16 May 2008 01:15:38 -0500, dilbert firestorm
bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>Paul L. Madarasz wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
>> bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>>>>>Mary wrote:
>>>> Don K wrote:
>>>>> "NadCixelsyd"...
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Author: Peter WardPeter Ward Date: May 16, 2008 09:48
On Fri, 16 May 2008 01:15:38 -0500, dilbert firestorm wrote:
>Paul L. Madarasz wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 03:14:53 -0500, dilbert firestorm
>> bytemeati-55.com> wrote, perhaps among other things:
>>>>>Mary wrote:
>>>> Don K wrote:
>>>>> "NadCixelsyd"...
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Author: Greg GossGreg Goss Date: May 16, 2008 09:56
dilbert firestorm bytemeati-55.com> wrote:
>Paul L. Madarasz wrote:
>>>I believe some thing similar happened with China's Capital, Beijing
>>>which was formerly called Peking.
>>
>> I believe that was more a change of Romanization, rather than a change
>> of pronounciation or meaning.
>>
>I was under the impression that it was China that made preference known
>or rather insisted on the Beijing usage.
China officially chose "pinyin" as the way of writing Chinese words in
English sometime in the early seventies. I don't know if that
spelling applies to all languages that use the Roman alphabet, but the
"romanization" term implies such.
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