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onomastic politics
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: onomastic politics
- From: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!UCL.AC.UK!ucleaar>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1992 13:52:26 +0000
- Reply-To: And Rosta <cbmvax!uunet!UCL.AC.UK!ucleaar>
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!pucc.Princeton.EDU!LOJBAN>
Re. the idea that we should call people what they want us to call them.
The Cambodians and Burmese who insisted we call their contries
Kampuchea and Myanmar are not the nicest of people. A degree
of improvement in Cambodia seems to have brought a return to the
international name (_Cambodia, Cambodge_ etc.). Quite possibly when
the present Burmese government loses power Burma will be Burma again.
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And