Re: Good try, but...
...in this case U is not a name but a Burmese honorific title, equivalent to the English "Sir" or "Mr.":http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Burmese_English
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One-letter names?  ·  Caprice  ·  3/26/2007, 12:44 PM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  Long  ·  12/1/2017, 12:07 AM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  laurea  ·  4/6/2007, 2:38 PM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  YMPvt  ·  4/6/2007, 11:49 AM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  Minikui  ·  4/2/2007, 3:08 AM
Re: Good try, but...  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  3/27/2007, 1:23 PM
Aha! Do calling him "Mr U Thant" would be superfluous :) nt  ·  Pavlos!  ·  3/28/2007, 4:26 AM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  Anneza  ·  3/26/2007, 11:41 PM
Re: One-letter names?  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  3/26/2007, 4:10 PM
Incidentally...  ·  Ivayla  ·  3/26/2007, 5:03 PM
No, but..  ·  Ivayla  ·  3/26/2007, 1:01 PM