RE: Vie^.t Kie^`u

[Hai-Tri Le <haitril@microsoft.com>]

Cha`o ca'c ba'c,

To^i co' cho^~ ddo^`ng y' vo+'i ba'c Tie^'n, nhu+ng co' cho^~ kho^ng.
Chu+~ "kie^`u" ba'c gia?i thi'ch, may qua', ddu'ng vo+'i su+. hie^?u
bie^'t cu?a to^i. To^i chi? kho^ng ddo^`ng y' vo+'i su+. ly' gia?i cu?a
ba'c Tie^'n ve^` ca'ch du`ng.

Ne^'u nhu+ ba'c no'i, "kie^`u" la` ngu+o+`i cu?a 1 nu+o+'c cu+ tru' o+?
mo^.t nu+o+'c kha'c, va^.y sao khi ve^` nha` va^~n bi. ke^u la`
"kie^`u". Thu he.p ho+n, ne^'u ta dde^'n nha` ba.n cho+i thi` ddu+o+.c
coi la` kha'ch (nga`y xu+a ta go.i Hoa kie^`u la` kha'ch tru', sau na`y
da^n Nam bo^. no'i tra.i tha`nh ca'c chu'), nhu+ng ve^` nha` thi` kho^ng
ly' le~ gi` ngu+o+`i trong nha` la.i go.i ta la` kha'ch. Vi` va^.y ca'i
msg tru+o+'c to^i dda~ no'i khi ve^` nu+o+'c, to^i chi? muo^'n ddu+o+.c
coi la` ngu+o+`i Vie^.t, kho^ng ca^`n pha?i qualify la` Vie^.t gi`.

To^i kho^ng co' va^'n dde^` gi` khi ta no'i "o^ng xyz, Vie^.t kie^`u o+?
My~..." vi` o^ng xyz hie^.n ddang o+? My~, va` vi` the^' ddo^'i vo+'i
ngu+o+`i My~, o^ng la` Vie^.t kie^`u. Co`n khi no'i ve^` ta^'t ca?
ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? ha?i ngoa.i thi` to^i thie^'t nghi~ chu+~ kie^`u
ba`o ddu'ng va` hay ho+n vi` kho^ng ca^`n pha?i ke^? la` Vie^.t kie^`u
o+? dda^u, chi? la` ddo^`ng ba`o ta ddang cu+ tru' o+? ba^'t cu+' no+i
na`o kho^ng pha?i la` to^? quo^'c.

Ti`nh tha^n,
Hai-Tri