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Myanmar Rice Trading Co., Ltd. (MRT)
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: ˆmjænmÉ‘Ë, ˈbÉœËmÉ™ So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as É‘Ëror of Burma as ÉœËrmÉ™by some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would be pronounced at the end by al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaba Ma Kyei
"" ( my-Mymr, ကမ္ဘာမကျေ, ; ), officially called the National Anthem ( my-Mymr, နá€á€¯á€„်ငံá€á€±á€¬á€ºá€žá€®á€á€»á€„်း, link=no; ''State Anthem''), is the national anthem of Myanmar. It consists of two parts; the first half is a Music of Burma, traditional Burmese style section, before transitioning into the second half, a Western world, Western-style orchestra. A long-standing tradition is that those who sing the national anthem bow at the end, as a show of respect for the nation. History Pre-colonial Burma did not have a proper national anthem, but had compositions glorifying the king. After the annexation of Burma by the British Raj in 1886, "God Save the King" became the national anthem of British rule in Burma, British Burma. In 1930, a musician from Mandalay named Saya Tin went to Rangoon and contacted the Thakins to write a new national anthem together. They set four criteria for the anthem: it must include the background of Burmese history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |