Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Language lesson--pant suit & longyi

Language lesson:

pant suit= what Nancy Pelosi and Hilary Clinton wear on the job.
longyi=Burmese sarong.

pa soe= man's longyi

pah wah=stole, formal wear for females. As worn by Dr. Aung San Suu Kyi--

pan pan hlyet bair

a famous line from Burmese poet Zawgyi's poem

Ma Baydar

Miss (Water) Hyacinth.

"The ducks they are a hundred two hundred
but Miss Baydar

she is always

with flowers in her hair."

Considered Daw Suu's theme song.

KMKaung
11-17-2015










From AFP--Putin's party gives gifts of meat grinders to mothers of war dead--

https://fortune.com/2025/03/08/vladimir-putin-ruling-party-united-russia-meat-grinders-gifts-mothers-dead-soldiers-ukraine/