To: Tailgunner Joe
Rangoon, Burma is now Yangon, Myanmar, much as Thailand was once Siam.
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
To: marsh_of_mists
The US Government does not accept the name "Myanmar" and officially still calls it Burma, as the Myanmar name is promoted by the military junta and has not been approved by a democratic legislature.
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