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Likewise with Myanmar, the name now used-- at least in the non-U.S.-English-speaking world--for what used to be called Burma . The official name of the country in Burmese has, since independence from Britain, been Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw , so Myanmar, it seems, is simply Burmese for Burma . This is the same phenomenon as Côte d'Ivoire . But the current Myanmarese (do I venture where angels fear to tread by coining the adjective?)
In the case of Côte d'Ivoire and Myanmar, well read individuals and others who pride themselves on being up to date and informed (and therefore especially susceptible to “PC-itis”) will use the new terms, but with a certain amount of distaste.
Two examples of name changes which I find harder to accept are the new names for what used to be called Ivory Coast and Burma . Côte d'Ivoire, of course, is the literal French equivalent of Ivory Coast, and in other European languages that country has traditionally been called by a name which is the literal translation of the term (e.g.
Similarly, Brazil and Nicaragua have large differences in child mortality levels across income groups, but less individual-level inequality than Pakistan and Cote d'Ivoire.
We insatiable travelers have seen similar scenes enacted many times around the watering holes of the world, from Calais to the fleshpots of Douala, from Quebec to the silver strands of the Côte d'Ivoire.