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Well, none of us is here from the pro-ladling contingent, right?  So, if we're all agreed that we'd like to use the most commonly recognized term, perhaps we can agree that it's not entirely clear which name is more commonly recognized.  I see anecdotal evidence for both sides... Google-based evidence for both sides, and... um... I can't tell.  Maybe ""Burma"" is still more common.  Maybe ""Myanmar"" has supplanted it, in the English of most speakers worldwide.  I don't think we've been presented with the right information to say for sure, nor do we know whether such information exists.  How can we tell which is more commonly recognized? - "