What's in a name?

If you're blogging on Burma, you've probably wondered whether to call it Burma or Myanmar. Turns out they're both right--and wrong. Myanmar is the formal, literary construction, while Burma is the everyday sound. But the r sound in both is a Western addition.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/05/what-apos-s-in-a-name/3448/