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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Similarities between Burma and the United States


When you see the title of this passage or article or whatever, you may think that there are many differences between the United States and Burma, but no way to have similarities.
You believe it or not; I will share with you what are the similarities between the two countries, which I have found in my five minutes thoughts as below:

(1) Both of Burma and the United States were British colonies.
(2) Both of Burma and the United States were independent in the months those start by the letter J, which were January and July.
(3) The number 4 plays by the coincident role for both countries: Burma gained her independence on the 4th of January and the United States gained her independence on the 4th of July. The United States is the 4th largest country in the world and Burma is the 40th largest country in the world.
(4) Americans celebrate the 4th of July without George Washington, and Burmese (military junta) celebrate the 4th of January without General Aung San.
(5) Both countries are still using the same Weight Measurement units, such as ‘ounce’ ‘pound’ ‘ton.’
(6) Both countries are still using the same Length Measurement units, such as ‘inch’ ‘feet’ ‘mile.’
(7) The neibouring countries to the north of both of Burma and the United States are world's largest countries, which have the same the begining letter of C - China and Canada.
(8) There are the same three colors in national flags of both countries; read, blue and white.
(9) Stars in national flags represent the main regions or states in both countries.
(10) Burma is the second largest country in South East Asia, after Indonesia, and the United States is the also the second largest country in North America, after Canada.

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