Vietnamese names that sound funny in English
KHA
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>> I would like to here from all of you of the vietnamese names
>> that sound funny in English. The purpose of this is to help
>> some of us to aware of these sometime annoying mispronunciations.
>> Let me start by listing some names I know
>>
>> Vietnamese English mispronunciations
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>> Tru'c truck
>> Va^n, Va(n van
>> Tich tit
>> Phuc f..k (god forbid who carries this name)
>> Toai toy
>> Duy do it
>> Loan loan (like in student loan)
>> Duc duck (:-) my name)
>>
>> Duc T. Tran
>
> Lam lam (the animal)
> Dung(Du~ng) dung (the animal above's droppings)
> Cu+o+n`ng cu*t (part of a woman's body)
> Nha^t gnat (that pesky bug)
> Thuc took
> Minh men
> Tu`ng toung(sp?) (thing in your mouth)
> Die^m dim (as in lets "dim" the lights)
> Nam Nam (but think southern hick accent)
> The^. the
> My~-Ha.nh my Hanh (oh yea, I bet she does not think
> she is yours)
> La^n LAN (your favoriate local area net work)
>
>* and my favorate for last:
> Nguye^~n New-gen (oh yea, how new are they?)
>
>
>-- David ( obr...@vttcf.cc.vt.edu )
>
>
>--
How about these names:
Vietnamese English mispronunciations
Tra~m Tramp
Bi'ch Bitch
Bi'ch Chi Bitchy
Vietnamese Written in English
To~ Cu+ Cu To
KHA
Hai Vo-Ba
In article <36...@dev.dtic.dla.mil>, d...@dev.dtic.dla.mil (Duc Tran) writes:
> I would like to here from all of you of the vietnamese names
> that sound funny in English. The purpose of this is to help
>
>
> Duc T. Tran
My sister-in-law's name is Thu Nga which always sounds fishy to me: tuna B-)
And Cu'c ends up sounding like "kook" B-(
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