Posted on 06/21/2005 4:45:09 PM PDT by ohioWfan
Today, President Bush met with Vietnamese Prime Minister, Phan Van Khai in the Oval Office. Khai is visiting Washington to talk with the President about helping Vietnam join the World Trade Organization. It is the first such visit of a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war. He then addressed the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting via satellite (the text of which is given here ).
The President also met with Republican leaders in the White House at a luncheon, accepting a compromise on Social Security, and refusing to back down on the nomination of John Bolton, urging Bill Frist to continue pushing for an up or down vote for Bolton.
This afternoon, the President attended the swearing in ceremony of Dr. Ben S. Bernanke as new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Building in the White House complex.
Enjoy your trip to Sanity Island and the Daily Dose!!
Hey there, baseballmom! Season still going well?
Chao bà cái! ('Hello ladies' in Vietnamese)
I know there are mixed feelings about the Vietnamese Prime Minister's visit, especially amongst our Vietnamese immigrant community, but yesterday I noticed the shirt I had on was made in VietNam. Maybe it's better that we kill Communism with capitalism.
My son majored in Asian Studies, w/a concentration in Vietnamese studies (hence the greeting in Vietnamese), we've always known Vietnamese and Cambodians. I've found them generally an asset to the community and good students when I've had them in class. It will be a blessing to them and their families when VietNam throws off the shackles of Communism.
Maybe it's an age thing! As well as east coast!
Good someone recognises them I thought it was another one of those things that are sold to you as American but the Americans have never heard of them. I think they were introduced into the UK when I was in my late teens.
Oh sorry snugs--
A Klondike bar is delicious ice cream (usually vanilla but there are variations) with a delicious dark chocolate covering. It's in the shape of a square and doesn't have a stick to hold it with.
A choc ice
Growing up in Queens, NY we called a purse a pocketbook, only in NYC it usually came out as "pockabook"
Actually, I've read that north central/northwest Ohio has the purest English spoken in America, with the least local dialect.
Go a bit south, or to the northeast, though, and it's a whole different story.
In Dayton, pen is pin and pin is pen. In Youngstown, Saturday is Saerday, and lots of folks say youns guys, and in Cleveland the 'a' in 'car' is distorted beyond recognition! :o)
(sorry if I offended anyone......)
What do you call what we call a purse or a wallet what you put your money in?
That's how we get back at Vietnamese diplomats. We sic Rose Garden thorns on them. :o)
Do you have much trade with Vietnam?
AND THEN-- there was my grandfather (mom's father) who was born and raised in Pittsburgh. When he said "where" it was "were" and washing your hair was having a hair wash.
In Rose Marie (1937), Jeanette calls her purse a pocketbook, and her wallet, a purse.
Could be just an old term that's still hanging around.
That would be a wallet, or changepurse as far as I know. Anyone have any other names for it?
But for the rest of us Yankees - this is a shake:
Vice President Dick Cheney, upper right watches as Republican members of Congress leave the White House after attending a luncheon meeting with President Bush, Tuesday, June 21, 2005
There's a very distinct sound that comes from the general Pittsburgh vicinity, that you can always recognize. Think Joe Namath.
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