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    Y (Talk)

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    Updated : Aug 2025

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    Text Update : January 20, 2021

    U Hla Min
    • 25th letter of the English Alphabet.
    • Pronounced as WYE.
    • Y-junction is a junction type (e.g. two incoming roads merge into one outgoing road).

    YMBA

    • YMBA (Young Men Buddhist Association) was involved in setting up monastic and/or Vernacular schools (predating the National Schools)
    • YMBA published the “History of Buddhism” by Mahagandayone Sayadaw with illustrations by Saya U Ba Kyi.

    YMCA

    Y is an alias for YMCA (Young Men Christian Association), which was founded in Britain and then spread to over many countries.

    Several YMCA’s in the US are credited with

    • Invention of Basketball
    • Invention of Volleyball
    • Promotion of Public Speaking via Dale Carnegie
    • Sowing the seeds of Toastmasters International (for Leadership and Public Speaking) via Dr. Ralph Smedley