Yin May Lwin

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Thakins and National Independence Struggle (1930-1948)

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have moved Thakins and National Independence Struggle (1930-1948) article, that you wrote on Burmese wiki, to here as Thakins and National Independence Struggle (1930-1948). Ninja⛧Strikers ^«☎ » 05:52, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Tha Myat

Latest comment: 8 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Thanks very much for your contributions to the article. It's a good addition to Wiki, which needs more Myanmar-related articles. And I welcome your efforts. Thank you.

Now, the article does need reliable citations. Also, please add relevant facts; the article doesn't have to cover every single aspect of his life. I'm not sure if the scientist info box is appropriate for this self-taught linguist--(not that there's anything wrong with that; but he should be held to the same standard as any trained linguist). The article should discuss why his works are still notable--for example, have any of his linguistic books been peer-reviewed?

A few more guidelines:

Please omit Burmese honorifics like "U" except in very few cases like U Nu and U Saw. We're not being disrespectful to them just because we don't use U Tha Myat. It's the English Wiki, and we should follow the rules. On Burmese Wiki, we should certainly use ဦးသာမြတ် (U Tha Myat).
I've changed "Myanmarsar" or "Myanmar" to Burmese. If we must follow the 1989 name change law, then we'll need to use Myanma as the adjective form of Myanmar in English.
Pali words such as Dekkhina (Standard Pali: Dakkhina) should be Romanized as a single word--well, because it's a single word. I've noticed that a lot of Burmese speakers don't seem to differentiate a word and a syllable. I suspect that it's because our language is largely monosyllabic, and most people seem to assume every syllable is a word. But it's not true with every language; languages like English and Pali are polysyllabic. Even Burmese, a largely monosyllabic language, contains many polysyllabic words--like Htamin (cooked rice; not Hta Min) or Padi (rosary, not Ba Dee). Those polysyllabic Burmese words should be transliterated/Romanized as polysyllabic words.

Hope this helps. Please continue to contribute to this and other articles. Thank you. Hybernator (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

I'm sorry for my late reply.

(1)First of all, you don't need to thank me for my contributions. I'm just doing this for my own sake.

(2)I would like to thank you you for your contributions. At first, I didn't know how U Tha Myat's father name was spelled. My spelling was wrong and you fixed it.Thank you.

(3)I do understand that this article needs more references. But I don't know how to search them. And I have some difficulties. I tried to download a file from a website. As you know, Internet connection here was not good, my downloads were failed, and finally that site banned me. But I'm trying.

And I can't use some facts as references. Example Case: Well, a person brought Copy of Than Dwe Pyu Inscription to U Tha Myat. But that person copied only one face of the inscription. The inscription has 3 faces. I can't call U Tha Myat as discoverer of Than Dwe Pyu. I must specify him as the discoverer of the first face of Than Dwe Pyu.

(4)I have something to tell you about scientist infobox. I used it not because I want to remove your edits but because I think I should use it. I edited myan:scientist infobox before you edit U Tha Myat's page. You'll see if you check the page's history.

(5)I wasn't sure whether I should use that infobox or not. So, I searched the meaning of linguistics on internet. I found that Linguistics is the scientific study of language. That's why I used it.

(6)Using scientist infobox means that I'm trying to expand the article into scientist article format. Don't worry about peer review. I'm on it.

(7)I didn't add the name of the subjects he studied in the article, because I had difficulties in translating them into en. Well, this makes you think he's a self-taught linguist. I apologize for this.

(8)In English-Myanmar dictionary, U is expressed as a honorifics. You're right. This is english wiki. Of course, we have to follow the rules.I understand.

But U is not Mr. U is just age indicating factor. And this is only 2nd ed of En-Myan dictionary. Third edition will be different.

(9)1989 name change Law? Yes, I heard of it. But I have read only a part of it, not all the contents of the law. I know that Khin Nyunt changed Bamar in national anthem into Myanmar in 1989. But that's all I know about the law.

But, Myanmar belongs to only one nationality, and Bamar is the word which really belongs to all the nationalities in the country.

I will follow the truth whatever the law is.

(10)Chineses call Yangon as Yan Kwan. Between two languages, what we exchange is just pronunciation, not meaning. Bo Mhu Ba Shin said that. And I agree with him.

Whether ဒက္ခိဏ is a single word or not should be expressed in its definition, not in the spelling of the word itself.

So, I translate the words as I pronounce.

Well, I want to thank you again for your edits. Yin May Lwin (talk) 12:49, 8 August 2015 (UTC)Reply