Sv: [HCDX]: Re: Passport to World Band Radio

["Stig Hartvig Nielsen" <hartvig@xxxxxx>]

> >>>>I got mine, but I may send it back because it has Burma incorrectly
> >>>>listed with the M's.
> >
> >>>Perhaps you could write in "Myanmar," the Burmese name.
> >
> >>The book is written in English.
> >
> >Then this might be an excellent opportunity to learn another language!
> >It is amazing to see how certain DXers have so little respect for other
> >languages.
> >If the Myanmar people (or government for that matter) prefer to have
their
> >country
> >named Myanmar in all languages, well why not do so?
> >73
> >Herman.
> 
> I respect languages other than English even to such an extent that I do
not
> expect the name of my country to be spelled "U-n-i-t-e-d S-t-a-t-e-s o-f
> A-m-e-r-i-c-a", nor even abbreviated "USA", when used in a message, book,
> newspaper, etc., written in German, French, Italian, Spanish or Burmese.
> To expect that would be extremely arrogant.  Nor do I expect someone
> writing in Burmese to use my alphabet instead of theirs when referring to
> my country.


Now if the governments of each country of this planet aren't "allowed" to
decide what the name of their country is - then who should decide it.
Western journalists???

May I bring in the fact that the UN approved/recognized the change of name
from Burma into Myanmar at the end of June 1989 (acc. to an old issue of
Frendx). In most "official" papers now you'll only see Myanmar (in
international communication - telephone, mail etc) whereas most journalists
(in Denmark at least) continue to use the name "Burma" because they dont
favour the current government of Myanmar.

I dont favour the current government of Sri Lanka, so I think I'll start
refering to this country as Ceylon :-)

And we may soon see people referring to Dahomey, British Honduras, Upper
Volta, Rhodesia etc.

I am rather pleased with the fact that WRTH as well as PWBR choose to use
the correct names of various countries - incl. Myanmar which happens to be
named Myanmar since 1989..

Best 73's
Stig Hartvig Nielsen


 
 



 






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