Re: Vo^ la.i

[Phung Ho Hai <phung@msri.org>]

To^i kho^ng gia'm che^ tu. die^?n cu?a DDao` Duy Anh nhu+ng co' le~ sa'ch
cu?a o^ng la^u kho^ng duo.c ca^.p nha^.t ma` y' nghi~a cu?a tu+` thi` thay
do^?i theo tho+`i gian.

Theo hie^?u bie^'t cu?a to^i "vo^ la.i" du`ng cho person, ha`m y' mo^.t
ke? co' nhu+~ng ha`nh do^.ng di nguo+.c la.i da.o du+'c tho^ng thuo+`ng
tu+` nhu+~ng ca'i to^'i thie^?u nha^'t.

Tu+` na`y ra^'t negative, to^`i te^. ho+n ca? "kho^'n na.n" ngoa`i ra la.i
mang mo^.t nghi~a ho+i "va(n chuo+ng". Cha(?ng ha.n ne^'u o+?
hay cho+. do^`ng xua^n - Ha`no^i, hai co^ ba'n ha`ng  chu+?i nhau "do^`
kho^'n na.n" thi` cha(?ng ai de^? y' nhu+ng ne^'u no'i "do^` vo^ la.i"
thi` co' the^? se~ co' nguo+`i ba^.t cuo+`i vi` nghe co^ ta "va(n hoa"
qua'. Trong va(n chuo+ng thi` co' le~ "vo^ la.i" la` the worst, applied
cho nhu+~ng ke? nhu+ Ma~ Gia'm sinh, Tu' ba`...

"Vo^ loa.i" thi` to^i chu+a he^` nghe to+'i va` do.c to+'i (well, trong
sa'ch vo+? mie^`n ba('c). Chi? co' tu+` "vo^ loa`i" nhu+ng ra^'t i't
du`ng.




 On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, DiemQuynh Nguyen wrote:

> 
> Hi Ky` Phong:
> Tui tra Ha'n Vie^.t tu*` ddie^?n cu?a DDa`o duy Anh (p. 561) thi`:
> 
> vo^ la.i = Ngu*o*`i du thu? du thu*.c, qua' u* vo^ ly' .
> vo^ loa.i = kho^ng do^'ng ai (co' the^? sach in do^'ng = gio^'ng cha(ng), 
> kho^ng ddu'ng vo*'i loa`i gi`- Nch vo^ la.i .
> 
> Nhu* va^.y theo T/DD DDa`o Duy Anh; co' the^? hie^?u; khi no'i vo^ loa.i co' 
> the^? hie^?u nghi~a chu*~ la` vo^ la.i, nhu*ng kho^ng tha^'y DD Anh no'i 
> ngu*o*.c la.i cho tu*` vo^ la.i = vo^ loa.i!
> Just for your information