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Regarding that thing in the glossary, I'm personally not really fond of the whole Burma thing and can't really see the point in not calling it Myanmar. I mean, whatever did we think about the junta, the country at the moment is called Myanmar. And besides that, the name Myanmar doesn't really in any sense have anything to do with the junta; it's basically just another form of the country's name in the local language, with "Bama" being the more colloquial one and Myanmar the literary one. Burma was adopted by the British and used by colonial authorities, and changing the name was one attempt in leaving the colonial heritage behind, which is not a bad thing, regardless of what you think about the junta. Refusal to acknowledge the name change seems strangely stubborn, because it's clear that the current ruling regime is rather uncontested and that fact really can't be ignored away. Myanmar is a thing now, and Burma officially has ceased to exist. It's kind of like insisting Iran to be called Persia if you contested the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic, in my opinion.
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