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Part 4: Burmese personal names – Female names – Fifty Viss
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A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Part 4: Burmese personal names – Female names. This is the fourth in a 4 part installment on. Burmese personal names: Female names. Overwhelmingly, the most common Burmese female given names were made of native Burmese words, but Indic words were more frequently found in female names than in male names. Female names generally had greater flexibility in word order than male names, and a higher syllable count than male names. သ ရ အ င ) and Aye Myat Mon. In th...
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Come July, Burma to begin rolling out health insurance – Fifty Viss
https://viss.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/come-july-burma-to-begin-rolling-out-health-insurance
A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Come July, Burma to begin rolling out health insurance. Working in the American health care sector has intensified my fascination with the health care landscape, the complex interplays between patient and provider, government and business sector, and the competing motivators of money versus care. So the Finance Ministry’s announcement that health insurance is coming to Burma let me feeling like this was a bit premature. Under limited circumstances, death wi...
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Which states do Burmese Americans live in? – Fifty Viss
https://viss.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/which-states-do-burmese-americans-live-in
A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Which states do Burmese Americans live in? Burmese Americans are widely dispersed throughout America. Surprisingly, there is no single geographic region that is home to most Burmese Americans. Here’s a look at which states most Burmese Americans reside in. For more on my series about Burmese Americans, click on the “Burmese Americans”. Top 10 States for Burmese Americans. When taken as a percentage of each state’s Asian American population, Midwest st...
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Food for thought: depolicitizing ethnicity in Burma – Fifty Viss
https://viss.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/food-for-thought-depolicitizing-ethnicity-in-burma
A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Food for thought: depolicitizing ethnicity in Burma. Robert H. Taylor, a prominent Burma studies scholar, has penned an excellent article on the emotive ethnic-based political troubles that Burma is currently mired in. I’ve written before about the man-made construct of ‘race,’. And the transformation of regional affiliations to ethnic-based ones during the colonial period. He provides important context political machinations we are observing in Burma today.
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3 key governance issues facing Burma today – Fifty Viss
https://viss.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/3-key-governance-issues-facing-burma-today
A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. 3 key governance issues facing Burma today. In March 2015, Asian Development Bank (ADB) released an excellent working paper, “Myanmar: Cross-Cutting Governance Challenges,”. That provides a sweeping outline of the myriad governance plaguing the country’s path toward economic development. No 1: State influence on the economy. Overnment connections present obvious conflicts of interest. The state still has a disproportionate role in the finance sector, wi...
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Part 3: Burmese personal names – Male names – Fifty Viss
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A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Part 3: Burmese personal names – Male names. This is the third in a 4 part installment on. Burmese personal names: Male names. Word cloud of the most commonly used words in Burmese male names. The most commonly shared names were Thiha Aung. သ ဟအ င ), by 5 individuals, and Zin Min Htet. Most frequently used words. Using the frequencies below, the most common male name would presumably be Aung Min Aung. Overall – Top 25 words used in male names. Click to shar...
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Fifty Viss – Page 2 – a collection of thoughts and writings on Burma
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A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. The origins of ‘laphet’. I’ve always wondered why Burmese is an outlier among many languages in the world when it comes to tea. Not simply the concept and tradition of eating tea leaves, but the Burmese word for “tea” itself. Turns out there’s an explanation. Continue reading →. What the mass pardon of convicted Chinese loggers says about Burma’s ‘rule of law’. A paltry 0.1% of the total. Continue reading →. A sarcastic take on USDP campaign slogans. Which ...
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Which metropolitan areas and counties do Burmese Americans live in? – Fifty Viss
https://viss.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/which-counties-do-burmese-americans-live-in
A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Which metropolitan areas and counties do Burmese Americans live in? A more granular look at the Burmese American population, down to the county-level, reveals many surprising and obscure names that are home to large Burmese American populations. For more on my series about Burmese Americans, click on the “Burmese Americans”. Top Metropolitan Areas for Burmese Americans. In absolute numbers, the top 10 metropolitan areas account for 46% of the Burmese Americ...
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Some thoughts on the construct of race – Fifty Viss
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A collection of thoughts and writings on Burma. Some thoughts on the construct of race. The Burmese government has been very successful at propagating the myth of the 135 ethnic groups in Burma, or the myth of the 8 “national races.” Anybody who delved into the actual list would realize how arbitrary this “counting” is. Yet this myth continues to be propagated by international media and the Burmese alike. It’s pure ignorance. The Economist’s article “The idea of Myanmar”. I have no idea what to say more.
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