Namhkam (Shan State)
Namhkam (Shan: ၼမ်ႉၶမ်း), also spelt Namkham, is the principal town of Namhkam Township in northern Shan State, Burma, situated on the southern bank of Shweli River near the border with Yunnan Province, China.
History
The region belonged to China but the British colonial administration built a road in 1894-1897 between this frontier town and Bhamo by the Ayeyarwady River in Kachin State, a distance of 56 miles, for Chinese muleteers in order to benefit from the border trade. The town was rented to the British in 1897 by Qing Dynasty(similar to the New Territories of Hong Kong). The area became formally part of Burma in 1960 when China and Burma signed a border treaty, swapping some border land.
During the Second World War the Allies built the Ledo Road from Ledo in Assam, India to Kunming, China across northern Burma, and by the end of 1944, completed 439 miles to Namhkam, linking up with the old Burma Road at Bhamo. Dr Gordon Seagrave of the Burma Surgeon fame ran the US missionary hospital overlooking Namhkam. He was believed to have had intelligence duties as well as medical. He wrote some articles on his experience in NamHkam.
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Name Game
by: Laura BraniganThe name game,
Shirley!
Shirley, Shirley
Bo, Birley
Banana, Fanna, Foe, Firley
Fee, Fie, Moe, Mirley
Shirley
Lincoln!
Lincoln,Lincoln,
Bo, Bincoln
Banana, Fanna, Foe, Fincoln
Fee, Fie, Moe, Mincoln
Lincoln
Common everybody
I say now lets now play a game
I bet you I can make a rhyme,
out of anybody's name
the first letter of the name
I treat it like it wasn't there
but a 'B' or an 'F' or an 'M' will appear
then I say
Bo - add a 'b' and then I say the name
banana fanna and foe
and then I say the name again with an 'f' very plain
then a fee fie and moe
and then I say the name again with an 'm' this time
and there isn't any name that I can't rhyme
Anl!
Anl, Anl,
Bo, Banl
Banna, Fanna, Foe, Fanl
Fee, Fie, Moe, Manl
but if the first two letters are ever the same,
I drop them both then say the name
like bob,
bob drop the 'b' bo ob
or fred
fred drop the 'f' Foe red
or Mary,
Mary, drop the 'm's Moe Ary
That's the only rule that is contrary
O.K.
now say Bo
now tony with a B
Bony!
then Banna Fanna and Foe
Banna Fanna and Foe!
then you say the name again
with an f very plain
Fony!
then a fee fie and a mo
Fee, Fie, Moe!
then you same the name again
with an m this time
Mony!
and there isn't any name you can't rhyme
everybody do Tony!
Tony, Tony
Bo, Bony
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Fony
Fee, Fie, Moe, Mony
Tony
pretty good, let's do Billy,
Billy, Billy
Bo, illy
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Filly
Fee, Fie, Moe, Milly
Billy
very good, let's do Marsha
Marsha, Marsha
Bo, Barsha
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Farsha
Fee, Fie, Moe, arsha
Marsha
a little trick with Nick
Nick, Nick
Bo, Bick
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Fick
Fee, Fie, Moe, Mick
Nick
The name game