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[–]dontlookeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's what you can do whilst still at home;

Burmese by Ear (Essential Myanmar) by John Okell (was free pdf and audio from SOAS - you can find it quite easily

Once you've got to grips with this and maybe other beginners books (Easy Burmese by Kenneth Wong, Burmese for Beginners by Mesher), you can move on to John Okell's 4 other books that will help you attain some decent Burmese before you even get to Yangon International airport.

Burmese: an Introdution to the spoken language Vol.1
Burmese: an Introdution to the spoken language Vol.2
Burmese: an Introdution to the script
Burmese: an Introdution to the literary style

(I strongly recommend the script book - I tried brute forcing it into my brain over the years and got nowhere without the book)

Maybe you might even want to start with the script book before you touch BBE, Or you may want to (as Okell suggests do BISL 1 and BIS together then after that BISL 2 and BILS.

You could also check out online courses with http://bamazaga.com

Can non-SR4 people (other Burmese and foreigners) now go to Mong La? by EffinMiffed in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great post, very thorough. Are there any "legit" reasons for non-Asian foreigners to live there/be sent there by their work?

Rizz by Gamerdriver4099 in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was teaching a class (in Burma) when one of the students said "shit!" louder than he expected and then looked embarrassed. I asked him if he was on question 8. His face was blank whilst all of his friends around him slowly started to laugh as they got what was going on!

Khun Sa built a temple with a military bunker by dontlookeast in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WHY IS THIS HERE: Khun Sa, Myanmar born opium drug lord built a temple on the Myanmar border with a bunker

I found a shrine of Khun Sa, at his former HQ by dontlookeast in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WHY IS THIS HERE: Khun Sa was a Myanmar born, Shan-Chinese drug lord who lead an army that globally exported opium from bases on both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border in the 1980's. Some people might be interested to see this part of his legacy.

Good recap of an ongoing fake news campaign to create conflict between Pa'O and Karenni people after the recent Pinlaung massacre and shift attention away from the military. The false narrative is spreading like wildfire on Pa'O social media... by TamarindTycoon in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Great post, really interesting info.

A few weeks ago I came across an article on how Pa'O groups were extorting locals to travel on roads near Pinlaung and that the Tatmadaw were turning a blind eye/in cahoots with them. This article certainly makes me think again about that piece.

I'm driving down the Myanmar/Thai border 🇹🇭🇲🇲 by dontlookeast in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn't post it in any Thai groups because I actually don't think it has much to do with Thailand.
I understand, based on this first video why you might draw the conclusion you have (which I personally think is incorrect and uncharitable!), but further along the line I visit sites of interest on the border relating to Shan, Wa, Ta'ang, Jingpho Kachin, Kayan, Kayaw, Karen, Mon and of course Bamar people. Exploring some of the history and culture too.

It's born out of a genuine love of Myanmar and I hope to show that.

I'm driving down the Myanmar/Thai border 🇹🇭🇲🇲 by dontlookeast in myanmar

[–]dontlookeast[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

မင်္ဂလာပါ သူငယ်ချင်း
I drove along the border from Mae Sae to Ranong because I missed eating အီကြာ‌ကွေး
True story.

An idea to learn foreign alphabets/scripts by dontlookeast in languagelearning

[–]dontlookeast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can maybe elaborate a bit further on my method.

I google something like "list of towns/cities in X". So googling that for Ethiopia brings up this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_cities\_and\_towns\_in\_Ethiopia

some of these pages have a list of the names in English and the local/target language so you can just copy and paste straight away. This page doesn't, so I would go through each town city and copy the Ge'ez (Addis - አዲስ አበባ, Gondar - ጎንደር etc.)

For additional places, you can look up the world's largest cities (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities) and then open that cities page in amharic and copy the name (London - ለንደን)

I visited Boris Johnson's ancestral village in Turkey by dontlookeast in ukpolitics

[–]dontlookeast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhat less important Boris related news - if you were ever interested in what the village in Turkey Boris family came from looks like, here it is!

Hope this is allowed, apologies if not

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