Video Broadcast : #128 December 12, 2020 Space Race between USSR and USA Early lead by USSR First cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Second cosmonaut Gherman Titov First female cosmonautValentina Tereshkova NASA Projects Mercury Projectfor single astronautWe Seven (book by the seven astronauts)The Right Stuff (book and movie) Gemini Projectfor […]
SPHS Sayas who attended SPHS (St. Paul’s High School) include U Tin Htut U Soe Paing U Ko Ko Lay (UCC, GBNF) U Myo Min (UCC) U Htun Aung Kyaw U Myint Soe (GBNF) U Ohn Maung Dr. Htin Aung Dr. Myo Khin Alumni who attended SPHS include […]
Antonym Antonyms are words which have almost the opposite meaning for the given context. Since some words have multiple meanings, one must be careful of the meaning associated with an antonym. For example, Love and Hate are antonyms. In Pali, the antonyms of Lobha (Greed), Dosa (Anger or […]
Alphabet Burmese / Myanmar Alphabet (Ka, Kha …) English Alphabet (A to Z) Greek Alphabet (Alpha to Omega) Pali Alphabet Pyu Alphabet Bhamaso Taya Metta : Loving Kindness, Unbounded Love Karuna : Compassion Mudita : Altruistic Joy, Sympathetic Joy Uppekkha : Equanimity Buddhism Vinaya : Monastic Rules of […]
Rules for Names When we were young, we were taught that a name should have a Christian name and a Surname. Later, we were told that a name should have a First Name, a Last Name and an optional Middle Name or Initial. Those rules do not apply […]
I introduce myself to non-Burmese as follows: My name is Hla Min. Hla means “handsome” and Min means “king”. My name has only six letters, but it has been misspelled and mispronounced in more than six ways. They include HAL, HALAL, LA, LAH, MINH and MING. HAL is […]
Myanmar Names One word names Two words Three words Four or more words Mixed Names J A Maung Gyi (Joseph Augustus, Governor) M A Maung Gyi (Master of Arts, Diplomat) April April Chit Khin (Vocalist)April Khine (Lecturer) May May Saw Lwin (Professor)May Win Maung (Actor, Vocalist)Maymyo (Named after […]
Ant and Aunt Aung and Oung Aunt and Ant Aye and E Bo and Boh Boh and Bo Din and Dyn Dyn and Din E and Aye Gyaw and Kyaw Gyi and Jee Hpyu, Phyu and Pyu Htain and Htein Htaik and Htike Htein and Htain Htike and […]
The Beatles founded Apple Music. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers. Apple Music sued Apple Computers for trademark violation. The judge ruled that the two companies belonging to different domains could use the same name. Due to convergence of technologies (a few decades later), the Beatles’ […]
Video Broadcast : #128 December 12, 2020 Space Race between USSR and USA Early lead by USSR First cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin Second cosmonaut Gherman Titov First female cosmonautValentina Tereshkova NASA Projects Mercury Projectfor single astronautWe Seven (book by the seven astronauts)The Right Stuff (book and movie) Gemini Projectfor […]
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