Re: Myanmar (formerly Burma)

"NadCixelsyd" <nadcixelsyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:5b3d79d8-51ad-40e6-8f26-6ab6817e9e1f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
> air****t, 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