“Aung” is roughly pronounced “Oun” (rhymes with “sound,” without the ‘d’ and ‘s’). To understand the eccentric way the Burmese like to romanize would take a skilled linguist. Firstly, there are news broadcasts or documentaries that refer to her as “ONG SAN SU CHEE,” using syllables that don’t even exist in Burmese. He got lost on stage and couldn’t find his way off and couldn’t pronounce the name of Myanmar’s democratic opposition leader all grade A Bush material for late night comics everywhere.Īssuming that the “democratic opposition leader” is Aung San Suu Kyi, I’ve heard her name mispronounced numerous times. Yes, of course, it was the Australians who provided the security in Australia not the Austrians. He thanked the Austrian army for providing security. Coming across an op-ed from here, I came to the conclusion that most of the time, Burmese names are not done justice.īush continued making us proud by thinking and saying that he was addressing an OPEC summit instead of the APEC summit.
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