Re: Nick Names

[Tuan V Nguyen <t.nguyen@garvan.unsw.edu.au>]

Cha`o ba'c Huy va` ca'c ba'c,


>Cha`o ba'c Tua^'n,
>
>To^i nghe no'i o+? Vie^.t Nam ngu+o+`i ta go.i
>ngoa.i tru+o+?ng U'c, Alexander Downer, la`
>Upper Downer.
>
>Hmm...Upper Downer, Foreign Minister of Down Under....

        This is a typical reaction from the Brit!!! (j/k)

	To^i thi kho^ng sure o+? VN ke^u o^ng Downer la` gi`, 
nhu+ng nha^n chuye^.n anh Huy ho?i ve^` o^ng Downer, ngoa.i 
tru+o+?ng cu?a U'c, to^i xin no'i va`i ddie^`u ve^` o^ng 
na`y va` ca^y ca^`u My~ Thua^.n cho vui nha` vui cu+?a.

	O^ng Downer tha^.t ra co' te^n la` Alexander Downer 
(ma` o+? dda^y ngu+o+`i ta go.i la` little Alex), o^ng na`y 
thu+o+`ng ddu+o+.c ca'c nha` hi' ho.a ve~ hi`nh nhu+ la` 
mo^.t ca^.u ho.c sinh thuo^.c giai ca^'p tre^n trung lu+u 
(upper class) vi` gia ddi`nh o^ng ta ra^'t gia`u. Nga`y 
xu+a o^?ng ho.c ve^` statistics va` economics, va` cu~ng 
nho+` da.y ke`m statistics ma` o^ng ta cu+o+'i ba` vo+. 
dda^'y anh Huy :)! O^ng na`y ma(.c du` la`m ngoa.i 
tru+o+?ng, nhu+ng pha't ngo^n linh tinh va` co' la^`n ga(.p 
trouble cu~ng vi` ca'i mo^`m. Ca'c co^' va^'n khuye^n o^ng 
ta la` "ddu+`ng no'i nu+~a, kho^? qua'!" (BTW, ba.n to^i 
la`m speech writer cho o^?ng ne^n ra`nh la('m).

	O^ng Downer mo+'i qua tha(m VN dde^? dda(.t vie^n 
dda' dda^`u tie^n xa^y ca^`u My~ Thua^.n. Ca^y ca^`u My~ 
Thua^.n la` mo^.t u+o+'c mo+ bao ddo+`i cu?a ngu+o+`i da^n 
Mie^`n Ta^y. Nga`y xu+a, nghe no'i My~, Nha^.t cu~ng ddi.nh 
la`m ma` co' tha^'y gi` dda^u. Cho dde^'n khi ma^'y na(m 
tru+o+'c dda^y, tho+`i co`n chi'nh phu? Lao DDo^.ng, o^ng 
Keating la` thu? tu+o+'ng U'c lu'c ddo' dda~ quye^'t ddi.nh 
vie^.n tro+. cho VN xa^y ca^y ca^`u. Va` ba^y gio+`, 
chuye^.n na`y dda~ tha`nh su+. tha^.t. Ma^'y ho^m nay ddo.c 
tin tu+` anh VIPS tha^'y ba` con mi`nh be^n a^'y mu+`ng 
la`m to^i cu~ng ca?m ddo^.ng. No'i la` vie^.n tro+. cho 
oai, chu+' tha^.t ra dda^y chi? la` mo^.t ca'ch ta.o co^ng 
a(n vie^.c la`m cho ca'c dda.i co^ng ty U'c ma` tho^i. 
Ngu+o+`i ddu+'ng ra xa^y ca^`u la` mo^.t co^ng ty lo+'n 
ha`ng so^' mo^.t so^' hai cu?a U'c va` ca'i contract nghe 
dda^u le^n dde^'n 30-40 trie^.u ddo^ (toa`n bo^. co^ng 
tri`nh khoa?ng 95 trie^.u!). Tuy nhie^n, mi`nh cu~ng ca'm 
o+n U'c dda~ la`m mo^.t vie^.c ma` tu+o+?ng nhu+ 
impossible.

	To^i u+o+'c gi` ca^`u Ca^`n Tho+ se~ xa^y nay mai va` 
ddoa.n ddu+o+`ng tu+` Ra.ch Gia', Long Xuye^n, Ca` Mau, vv 
dde^'n Saigon se~ kho^ng co`n la` no^?i kinh hoa`ng cu?a 
ddi la.i nu+~a.


	Tua^'n