[LANG] Tu.c hay kho^ng tu.c?

[ianbui@ix.netcom.com (nghia bui)]

Cha`o ca'c ba'c,

To^i ddo^`ng y' vo*'i ba'c Ha?i la` trong va<n chu*o*ng
Anh My~ ho. ra^'t i't khi du`ng "proverb" (tu.c ngu*~) so
vo*'i VN ta#. Ngu*o*.c la.i, ho. su*? du.ng ra^'t nhie^`u 
tha`nh ngu*~ (idiom), trong ca? va<n vie^'t la^~n va<n
no'i. Ti? nhu*, "back to square one" hay "stuck in first
gear", v.v.

Co`n ba'c DQ noi' dde^'n vie^.c du`ng reference, theo to^i
thi` la.i la` mo^.t va^'n dde^` kha'c nu*~a. Reference thi`
co' ddu? kie^?u, trong ddo' co' the^? co' luo^n ca? proverb
nu*~a, nhu*ng ca'i ddo' i't tha^'y. Reference ma` to^i tha^'y
thu*o*`ng la` nhu*~ng sa'ch hay ca'c chu*o*ng tri`nh nghie^n 
cu*'u dde^? ngu*o*`i ddo.c ne^'u muo^'n ti`m hie^?u the^m thi`
co`n bie^'t ddu*o*`ng na`o ma` mo`. Ca'i ddo' thi` Ta^y hay Ta 
gi` cu~ng du`ng dde^'n ca?.

Mo^.t ddie^`u ne^n dde^? y' khi vie^'t va<n tie^'ng Anh la` ta 
pha?i tha^.n tro.ng trong vie^.c su*? du.ng tha`nh ngu*~ ke?o 
bi. che^ la` cliche'. (Ma` cliche' tie^'ng Vie^.t mi`nh go.i la` 
gi` va^.y ca'c ba'c? :)

Ian
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