A post from the archives
1963
room Argentina
Burmese Names in the Novel 'Rayuela' by Julio Cortazar
In the 1963 novel Rayuela (or "Hopscotch"), by the great Argentine writer Julio Cortazar (pictured here), the main character comes across a list of words that have no meaning, and so seem magical. This was the list of strange and fantastic words:
U Nu
U Tin
Mya Bu
Thado Thiri Thudama U E Maung
Sithu U Cho
Wunna Kyaw Htin U Khin Zaw
Wunna Kyaw Htin U Thein Han
Wunna Kyaw Htin U Myo Min
Thiri Pyanchi U Thant
Thado...
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