Why - Oh - Why

We do not say:


 Iran - formerly known as Persia
Thailand - formerly known as Siam
Bangladesh - formerly known as East Pakistan

 Why do we continue to say:

 Myanmar - formerly known as Burma

 Give that country a name and stick to it.

Comments

  1. Marie SmithOctober 27, 2017 at 1:41 PM

    Agreed!

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  2. BirdieOctober 27, 2017 at 6:41 PM

    What does it take to change the name of an entire country? It might be an interesting to take on as a weekend project.

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    1. Linda dOctober 28, 2017 at 8:59 AM

      Don’t say that. We may end up as Trumpland or Trumpville.

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  3. Silver in AZOctober 28, 2017 at 8:04 AM

    No kidding!

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  4. BirdieOctober 28, 2017 at 2:32 PM

    But what about this?

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7sl4XCVmoXg

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