Any Burmese Premeds: Give A Holler

[LostLost]

Is there anyone out there?

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[TexanGirl]

I'm not Burmese, but I just wanted to know if whether Burma is interchangeable with Myanmar. If so, which one is more popular to use for colloquial purposes? What do the natives use? It's been bugging me forever.

 

[LostLost]

i usually call it Burma because its a more romantic name with lots of history... Myanmar is more political because it is suppose to encompass all the ethnicities in Burma not just the Burmese. I guess it doesn't really matter...

 

[NJDIF]

i didnt know burma was still a country.

is rhodesia more romantic than zimbabwe or is that one still a no-no?

 

[memento2007]

Is there anyone out there?

Hello,
I am from Burma, too.
I got your pm. I am in MA, now, and applying for 2008. how about you?

 

[AustinBum]

Burma is the racist, white, imperialist term for Myanmar. Thank god the thought police haven't been able to jump on the use of this term yet.

 

[ksbu25]

I'm Burmese and applying to medical school this year! yeaahhh!

 

[LostLost]

Burma is the racist, white, imperialist term for Myanmar. Thank god the thought police haven't been able to jump on the use of this term yet.

thats not really true... the name goes back further than the British colonial rule....

 

[LostLost]

i didnt know burma was still a country.



Yeah its a country west of Thailand.....but more commonly known as Myanmar

 

[NJDIF]

haha thanks... my geography is pretty up to date. i was referring to the un-P.C.title. Bush made the same faux-pas in a recent address i believe.

 

[cariblil]

I was born in Burma and moved here when I was six.

Doesn't it suck that we can't claim URM?