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Vietnamese Hoarding U.S. Dollars As Dong Crashes Post-Emergency Devaluation
The Business Insider ^
| 2-11-2010
| Vincent Fernando
Posted on 02/10/2010 9:09:47 PM PST by blam
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To: posterchild
I think it translates into Large Richard Bar and Grill...
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02/10/2010 9:39:53 PM PST
by
hatfieldmccoy
(The Obama beat down of America continues)
To: posterchild
“Vien Dong” means “far east” in Vietnamese
To: blam
I hate it when my dong crashes.
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posted on
02/10/2010 9:45:15 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: JRios1968
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02/10/2010 9:45:53 PM PST
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beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Teacher317
Thanks.
So does the word used for currency mean ‘east’ or ‘far’ or is it just a homonym?
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02/10/2010 9:46:42 PM PST
by
posterchild
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To: posterchild
It depends on the diacritics and tone marks. Far east is written as "Viễn đông" whereas the name fo the Vietnamese currency is spelled "đồng".
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02/10/2010 9:54:34 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Thank you for the lesson. Sounds like a different word altogether in spite of the transliteration to the same characters in english.
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02/10/2010 9:59:48 PM PST
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posterchild
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To: posterchild
In short, yes. Western news agencies usually drop the diacritic and tone marks when writing Vietnamese words for the sake of simplicity.
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02/10/2010 10:02:20 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: blam
Stimulus efforts failed - the dong has fallen?
Vietnamese economy trips over dragging dong?
Strong dong long gone?
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02/10/2010 11:53:35 PM PST
by
CowboyJay
(T(s)EA - Honest money, or bust!)
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