HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cvadrasb@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: *** -Do^' vui -de^? ho.c  # 5 ***
Date: 16 Nov 92 20:21:14 GMT
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: rmoran

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thuye^`n Vie^~n Xu*'-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-

    

               -- Co' 10 bao bi.  Mo^?i bao co' 10 vien bi
               -- Trong 10 bao 
                               - 9 bao na(.ng ba(`ng nhau ba(`ng 100 gam
                                 (mo^.t vie^n bi na(.ng 10 gam trong 9 bao 
                                  na`y)

                               - co mo^.t bao na(.ng 90 gam
                                 (trong bao na`y mo^~i vien bi na(.ng 9 gam)
               



              -Do^' ca'c ba.n la`m sao -de^? ca^n mo^.t la^`n -de^?
               kie^'m ra bao na(.ng 90 gam

               Nho*' nha chi? co' mo^.t la^`n ca^n tho^i -do'



-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thuye^`n Vie^~n Xu*' -=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-

Tra lo?`i  :

    Da'nh da^'u 1,2 ....10 cho 10 bao bi .
    La^'y 1 vie^n bi tu?` bao 1  ;
          2 . . . . . . . . . 2  ;
	  . . . . . . . . . . . .;
          10  . . . . . . . . 10 ;
     Dem ca^n toa`n bo^. so^' bi .
     Ca'i bao na(.ng 90 gam se la hie^.u so^' cua?
      (1 + 2 + . . . + 10 ) * 10 - kho^'i lu?o?.ng ca^n o?? tre^n .
Is that right ? .
From: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: the ping pong ball joke
Date: 20 Nov 1992 17:51:21 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
NNTP-Posting-Host: eb4ts1.ebay.sun.com






     there was once a little boy who was about to graduate from
nursery school.  since his parents were so proud of him, the said to
him, "we will give you anything you want, because we are so proud of
you.  what do you want more than anything in the world?" expecting the
typical answer of a toy truck or crayons, his parents were suprised to
say the least when the boy answered, "a ping-pong ball."  his parents
asked him, "are you sure?  the only thing you want is a ping pong
ball?  what for?"  but the boy only smiled and said, "just a ping pong
ball."  so his parents obligingly bought him 1 ping pong ball,
relieved that they did not have to mortgage the house for this child.
     a few years later, the boy was about to graduate from elementary
school.  he was at the top of his class, and his parents were so proud
of him that they offered to buy him anything that he wanted.  once
again, they were shocked at his answer of"1 ping pong ball" and
demanded to know why he only wanted a ping pong ball.  he smiled once
again and said, "just a ping pong ball, please."  since his parents
were so proud of him they decided to just buy him the ping pong ball
without hassling him about what it was for.
     continue in this manner for graduations from middle school, high
school, conformation, bar mitzvah, whatever and then do
college...remember that he only ever wants a ping pong ball and he
never tells his parents what it is for
     after his college graduation, this young man was on his way to
his car when he was hit by a car.  his parents ran up to him, and
realizing that he was moments from death, said to him, "son, we love
you and are very proud of you, but before you die, can you tell us one
thing?  what were all of those ping pong balls for?"  and the boy
looked at his parents and said, "they were for..."
     and then he died.


	KL
From: mdo@socrates.umd.edu ("Mike T. Do")
Subject: [NEWS] `New Saigon' is a honky-tonk town
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date: 23 Nov 92 22:44:32 GMT

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'New Saigon' is a honky-tonk town
From New York Post (11/20/92)
By Mark Mooney-Post Correspondent

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Among the postcards and Buddha statues in the
tourist shops are rustly GI dog tags - $1 each.
    Also on sale are Zippo lighters engraved with "USMC" or rude slogans popularwith GIs during the war.
    War memmorabilia is a hot seller here and has even created a new industry -
finding, or manufacturing, everything from dog tags to the clocks from the
control panels of helicopters.
    Street-corner bicycle repairmen use upturned U.S. Army helmets filled with
water to find the leaks in punctured bicycle tires.
    Saigon - "The only time we use Ho Chi Minh City is when we address an
envelope," one woman explained - is rapidly returning to its wicked honky-tonk
ways.
    The tourst shops are on Dong Khoi Street, which used to be a sexual bazaar
known as Tu Do Street.  The girls are back, working out of the nearby ApocalypseNow Cafe and other side-street bars.
    While most of Vietnam considers a bicycle a status symbol, Saigon is choking
on motorbikes, and Mercedes Benzes and Nissan Maximas are parked in front of
shops.
    Stores are crammed with electronics.  Game Boy is here. Every business uses
a computer.  Only government officials still use carbon paper.
    Under the 3-year-old policy of "doi moi" - a Vietnamese version of
perestroika - the city's hotels are overflowing with Japanese, French,
Australian, Korean and Taiwanese businessmen.  A few Americans are scouting
around as well.
    "We have been 100 percent full for more than a week," said the manager of
the Rex Hotel.  "And we are booked through the rest of the month."
    The Rex is the new Saigon at its best, completely renovated and offering
everything from tennis courts to a masseuse.  Its very uncommunistic motto is,
"Here, you will be treated as royalty."
    At its worst, Saigon is a relentless army of beggars, crippled war veterans,
deformed people, toddlers, old men pushing competing kids out of their way.
    Two Americans eating at a window table were amazed when a pleading woman
pressed her crying infant against the glass for most of their meal.
    And attacks on tourists are increasing.  A typical assault is usually an
attempt by a pair of Vietnamese to wrestle a watch off a wrist or snatch
whatever they can from a shirt pocket.
    One American recently fought off a teen-ager trying to steal his watch,
while another swiped the glasses off his face.



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From: tvnguyen@digi.lonestar.org (Thanh Van Nguyen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: just testing please do not ignore
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:38:49 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Ok, where am I ???
-- 
Thanh Van Nguyen
X2447
            ^                     
           | |                    
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: bui@berlioz.nsc.com (Cuong Bui)
Subject: Re: [TECH] Bug in CONVERT.EXE v 1.3?
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: bui@berlioz.nsc.com
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:01:06 GMT

>From: eda803z@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au
>Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
>Subject: [TECH] Bug in CONVERT.EXE v 1.3?
>Date: 14 Nov 92 19:58:07 GMT
>Organization: Monash University, Australia.
>
>To whom it may concern,
>
>I used the CONVERT program (from VPS, version 1.3) to convert the file
>testpage.vps (which comes with VPSEDIT editor) into VISCII 1.1 format.
>Then I loaded the converted file into W4W, chose U Hoa`i font, and realised
>some missing characters.  They are A^~, A(?, A(~, O~, Y?, Y~, Y..  I also
>tried U Hoa`iH font, but the result was the same.  But the program worked
>well when converting the file into VNU (for WINDOWS).  Is it because VISCII
>1.1 uses the control characters for the above missing characters (except O~)
>that CONVERT cannot work properly? :-)
>
>Regards,
>Duc
>
>PS: Btw, U Hoa`i is my favourite font! :-)  When will new fonts will be out?
>    waiting... waiting... :-)

CONVERT is working correctly. There is no bug ;-)
To use the Hoa font for those chars, just use lower-case and Hoa-font.
For ex., use a(~ to get A(~ . The code is lowe-case, the display is upper-case
The GIU'P or HELP from winvnkey talks a great deal about this.
Hope it helps.

c.b.
From: vnguyen@badline1.next.com (Vincent Nguyen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: Ly' To^'ng : anh hu`ng hay -die^n???
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:36:05 GMT

> ktruong@copper.denver.colorado.edu (S O S) writes:
> 
> >In article <5717@rosie.NeXT.COM> vnguyen@badline1.next.com (Vincent Nguyen)  
writes:
> >>In article <y#+1#2p@rpi.edu> nguyet2@lib403.its.rpi.edu (Thinh Trung  
Nguyen)  
> >>writes:
> >>> Su+. tha^.t Ly' To^'ng  co' pha?i la` mo^.t anh hu`ng hay la` mo^.t ke?  
> >>-die^n
> >>> ro^`???   
> >>
> >>Nu*o*'c Vie^.t Nam Ta ma` co' chu*`ng va`i ke? ddie^n nhu* va^.y thi`  
co^.ng  
> >>sa?n la`m gi` co`n dde` dda^`u dde` co^? da^n ta dde^'n nga`y nay.
> >>
> >>-Vincent
> >Hey Vincent, sorry to put down your "idol" (may I say that?) but think of
> >the outcome of his action.  What, if any, was the benefit of it?  I agree  
that
> >his intention was good and all but did it effect communism in anyways???   
And if
> >you think it did then tell us how!  This is not a very smart way of  
resistence.
> >And incouragment like yours would only put more and more people in danger  
and as
> >a result the communists will become more suppressive towards our people.  So
> >please use your thinking critically and be more realistic.
> >                          Another victim of communism and a realist. 

	Tha^.t ra, Vincent na`y cha(?ng co' y' xu'i du.c ai ddi che^'t ca? ,  
vi` co' na(`m mo* Vincent na`y cu~ng kho^ng co' gan dde^'n mu*'c da'm bo? ta^'t  
ca? dde^? ve^` la`m mo^.t ca'i gi` cho dda^'t nu*o*'c nhu* Ly' To^'ng.
	O*? ha?i ngoa.i na`y co' ra^'t nhie^`u dda^'ng tai to ma(.t lo*'n,  
gio?i dda'nh vo~ mie^.ng. Vi` co`n qua' ti?nh ta'o,sung su*o*'ng ne^n ai da.i  
gi` ddi thi' ma.ng. Va^.y ne^'u Ly' To^'ng da'm thi' thu*? ma.ng mi`nh dde^?  
la`m mo^.t ca'i gi` cho dda^'t nu*o*'c, ne^'u ta kho^ng giu'p gi` ddu*o*.c thi`  
cu~ng ddu*`ng dda(.t the^m nhu*~ng gi?a thuye^'t na`y no. la`m nhu.t chi' ke?  
anh hu`ng.
	Sau khi Ly' To^'ng tha? truye^`n ddo*n o*? Vie^.t Nam, bo.n co^.ng sa?n  
cu~ng so*. la('m dde^'n no^~i dda~ nghi~ to*'i khe'p ki'n tro*? la.i, nhu*ng  
ho. bie^'t ne^'u la`m va^.y la` tu*. sa't vi` ba^y gio*` ho. pha?i tu*. lu*.c  
ca'nh sinh chu*' kho^ng co`n vie^.n tro*. tu*` ca'c nu*o*'c co^.ng sa?n;  co`n  
nu*~a, tinh tha^`n va` su*. hy vo.ng cu?a da^n trong nu*o*'c da^ng cao. Ma` co'  
hy vo.ng, co`n tinh tha^`n la` co`n su*'c dde^` kha'ng. Va^.y a?nh hu*o*?ng  
cua? Ly' To^'ng ve^` la^u ve^` da`i va^~n co' hie^.u lu*.c.
-Vincent
From: Tri Nguyen
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: [Joke] #2
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:56:33 GMT
Organization: AM


     Hi Kevin,

     I think your joke#2 is not appropriate in this news group.  Please be
more considerate the next time you post your joke.  Beside, I think most 
people can just read rec.humor themselves.  You don't have to copy those
jokes over to soc.culture.vietnamese again.  Regards.



Tri Nguyen.
From: er5y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: testing
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:10:39 EST
Distribution: soc
Organization: Cornell University

i am testing.. please, ignore this test..
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: txh8978@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: HELP Va(n nghe^.
Reply-To: txh8978@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:46:53 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.134245.5748@news.media.mit.edu>,
 khanh@cae.prds.cdx.mot.com (Khanh Bui) writes:
>
>I posted twice, waited and waited, and never saw my message appeared
>on the net.  So please forgive and forget if you see this piece of
>mail again and again.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Ca'c ba.n netters na`o co' bie^'t ba?n nha.c "Hi`nh a?nh Ngu+o+`i
>Em Kho^ng -Do+.i" (Nga`y na`o em dde^'n no'n em ca^`m tay,...)
>o+? trong cuo^'n ba(ng hay CD na`o hoa(.c co' lo+`i cu?a ba`i
>nha.c, la`m o+n post le^n du`m nha.
>
>To^i muo^'n da.y cho ca'c em vu~ khu'c no'n la' dde^? tri`nh die^~n
>va`o di.p Te^'t sa('p dde^'n, ma` kho^ng ti`m dda^u ra ddu+o+.c 
>8 ca'i no'n.  Ca'c ba.n co' bie^'t o+? dda^u ba'n kho^ng ?  Va` 
>chu+`ng bao nhie^u tie^`n mo^.t ca'i ?  To^i co' ho?i ma^'y tie^.m 
>VN o+? Boston ma` kho^ng ai co' ba'n he^'t.  Buo^`n ghe^ ddi!
>
>Tha`nh tha^.t ca'm o+n ca'c ba.n.
>
>Kim-Kha'nh
From: antoine@Apple.COM (Antoine Duong)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [help] Need Vietnamese teacher in SF Bay Area
Date: 17 Nov 92 19:25:47 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA


Hello,


Can someone in the San Francisco/San Jose area recommend a 
vietnamese teacher for an american friend of mine (an adult).
Please email to antoine@apple.com.
Thanks,
Antoine
From: tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Nhan Tran)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: NEWS: AI ba'o ddo^.ng ve^` su+'c kho?e cu?a o^ng Nguye^~n Si~ Bi`nh
Date: 22 Nov 92 20:01:12 GMT
Reply-To: tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com
Organization: SCV Relay
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu


CO+ QUAN A^N XA' QUO^'C TE^' BA'O DDO^.NG VE^` TI`NH TRA.NG 
SU+'C KHO?E CU?A O^NG NGUYE^~N SI~ BI`NH

Co+ quan A^n Xa' Quo^'c Te^' (Amnesty International) vu+`a tung ra
mo^.t lo+`i ke^u go.i tu+` Lua^n DDo^n, nga`y 22/9/92, va^.n ddo^.ng
ca'c gio+'i gu+?i ddie^.n va(n to+'i Vo~ Va(n Kie^.t, thu? tu+o+'ng
chi'nh phu? Ha` No^.i va` Bu`i Thie^.n Ngo^., bo^. tru+o+?ng bo^.
no^.i vu., can thie^.p ve^` va^'n dde^` su+'c kho?e cho o^ng Nguye^~n
Si~ Bi`nh.

Tho^ng ca'o cu?a Amnesty International co' ddoa.n vie^'t: "Ho^.i A^n
Xa' Quo^'c Te^' ra^'t lo a^u ve^` ti`nh tra.ng su+'c kho?e cu?a o^ng
Nguye^~n Si~ Bi`nh, ky~ su+ nguye^n tu+? va` la` thu+o+ng gia, 37
tuo^?i, bi. nha` ca^`m quye^`n Vie^.t Nam ba('t giu+~ nga`y 25/4/92
vo+'i ly' do "a^m mu+u la^.t ddo^? chi'nh quye^`n". O^ng co' the^?
hie^.n ddang bi. giam ta.i bo^. no^.i vu. ta.i TP.HCM"

Theo Amnesty International thi` o^ng Bi`nh ddang bi. be^.nh tim, ca^`n
pha?i kie^ng cu+? va` theo mo^.t chu+o+ng tri`nh ddie^`u tri. ra^'t
cha(.t che~ go^`m nhie^`u loa.i thuo^'c dde^? nga(n ngu+`a bi. tai
na.n va` bie^'n chu+'ng. Va`o na(m 1989, o^ng dda~ pha?i nha^.p vie^.n
vi` bi. ddau tim ddo^.t xua^'t va` dda~ pha?i no^ng ma.ch ma'u tim.

O^ng Nguye^~n Si~ Bi`nh, mo^.t ngu+o+`i My~ go^'c Vie^.t, mo+'i dda^y
dda~ tro+? ve^` Vie^.t Nam dde^? nghie^n cu+'u thi. tru+o+`ng cho
mo^.t so^' co^ng ty kinh doanh Hoa Ky`. Nga`y 25/4/92, o^ng dda~ bi.
ba('t cu`ng vo+'i 16 ngu+o+`i kha'c, trong ddo' co' vo+. cho^`ng
ngu+o+`i em ga'i o^ng. O^ng thuo^.c mo^.t chi'nh dda?ng mo+'i tha`nh
la^.p mang te^n "Vie^.t Nam Nha^n Da^n Ha`nh DDo^.ng".

Amnesty International ke^u go.i can thie^.p ddi'ch danh vo+'i Vo~ Va(n
Kie^.t va` Bu`i Thie^.n Ngo^. dde^? o^ng Nguye^~n Si~ Bi`nh ddu+o+.c
nha^.n thuo^'c men ca^`n thie^'t trong suo^'t tho+`i gian bi.  giam
giu+~; ddo^`ng tho+`i ye^u ca^`n cho gia ddi`nh, tha^n nha^n o^ng
Bi`nh ddu+o+.c ga(.p ma(.t cu~ng nhu+ nha^.n ddu+o+.c tin tu+'c ve^`
ti`nh tra.ng su+'c kho?e cu~ng nhu+ su+. ddie^`u tri. cu?a o^ng.

------------

theo nguye^.t san A'i Hu+~u 11/92, Paris
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: v-nguyen@retina.cis.ohio-state.edu (Viet-Anh V Nguyen)
Subject: Re: [Misc] Can guys and girls be friends?
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:48:09 GMT

From: 222662548@ucis.vill.edu

>Hi everyone,
>
>P co' a little question hy vo.ng ma^'y anh chi. co' the^? tra? lo*`i ddu*o*.c 
>giu`m P.
>
>Chuye^.n la` nhu* va^`y....
>
>Weekend ro^`i P va` ddu*'a ba.n mu*o*'n the movie "When Harry Met Sally" coi
>cho*i.  Xem ro^`i 2 ddu*'a ngo^`i...ca?i lo^.n.  Ba.n P no'i ra(`ng chuye^.n
>phim no'i ddu'ng, con trai va` con ga'i ra^'t la` kho' la`m ba.n ddu*o*.c,
>especially if there is a hint of attraction involved.  P thi` no'i ra(`ng 
>ddu*o*.c chu*'...P bie^'t co' ngu*o*`i la`m "best friend" vo*'i ngu*o*`i ba.n
>kha'c pha'i cu~ng ddu*o*.c nu*~a.  
>
>Hai ddu*'a ca~i hoa`i cu~ng kho^ng dde^'n dda^u.  Ma^'y anh chi. co' y' kie^'n
>gi` giu'p P settle ca'i argument na`y ddu*o*.c kho^ng?
>
>Ca'm o*n mo.i ngu*o*`i tru*o*'c nha,
>P


A noted (male) novelist once wrote:

    "The ability to be friends with a woman, particularly the woman
     you love, is to me the greatest achievement. Love and friendship
     seldom go together. It is far easier to be friends with a man than
     with a woman, especially if the latter is attractive. In all my
     life, I have known only a few couples who were friends as well as
     lovers."

And another writer observed:

    "Love that's mixed with work is the most delightful. (L'amour me^le'
     au travail est ce qu'il y a au monde de plus de'licieux.) Here a
     couple is at the same time a working team (une e'quipe). They have
     between them what's called a 'communion'."

So (according to some writers at least), there seems to exist a hierarchy
(or a hierarchical structure) in the space of relationships between the two
sexes. :)

Vietanh Nguyen
From: drk@melodian.cs.uiuc.edu (Dave Kohr)
Subject: Re: Accent marks
Organization: CS Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:53:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.192533.10265@adobe.com> vnguyen@adobe.com (Vuong
Nguyen) writes:
>>From nguyenh@cod.nosc.mil Thu Nov 12 17:07:57 1992
>>     Just from experience, I'd say the rule is [...]
>
>Based on my experience & Ho`a remarks, I think there are 2 rules:
> 
>[...]
>
>Vuong ;-)

I've been trying to make sense of the rules for accents which have been
posted to SCV, and am beginning to think that the rules just aren't
standardized.  Is this the case?
-- 
Dave Kohr     CS Graduate Student     Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Work: 3244 DCL, (217)333-6561  Home: (217)359-9350  E-mail: drk@cs.uiuc.edu
                   "One either has none or not enough."
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: kbs@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (K.B. Su)
Subject: Re: [MISC] Japanese Science and Technology Management Program
Organization: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie - Paris 7, FRANCE.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:08:13 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.141955.23028@bnr.ca> daudo@bcars201.bnr.ca (Dau Do) writes:

>>I used to have a roommate (an American girl, btw :)) who let me stay for
>>a short time as long as i took care of her apartment. :)
>>
>sometime, you get paid for living and taking care of one's house.
>Believe it or not !!
>
I believe u...can I get a rise if I take of the American girl (:>

Salut!
jb

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From: ST403377@brownvm.brown.edu ()
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Song request (Cu*o*`i le^n -di em o*i ...)
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:33:15 EST
Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: brownvm.brown.edu
News-Software: BNN via BNN_POST v1.0 beta

Hello everyone,
     I'm trying to find the rest of the lyrics to a song that begins as
follows:

     Cu*o*`i le^n -di em o*i
     Du` nu*o*'c ma('t ro*'t tre^n va`nh mo^i
     Ha~y ngu*o*'c ma(.t nhi`n -do*`i
     Nhi`n -do^?i thay ta vang tie^'ng cu*o*`i ...

     I would be very appreciative should anyone be willing to post the remain-
ing lyrics.  Thank you in advance.
                                  Phu'
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
From: dht@controls.ccd.harris.com (Danh Tran)
Subject: Re: ** Rules for placing accent marks? **
Organization: Harris Controls and Composition
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:47:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.203853.5628@lsil.com> ltran@lsil.com writes:
>
>....
>....
>	ZERO RULE
>	Always put the marks on the vowel, never on the consonent.
>	
>	FIRST RULE
>	Always put the following marks on the vowel that already has a mark.
>	Example:
>	tha^'y, tho^?i, thuo+?, xuo^?ng, cuo^'c, nguye^~n .
>	The point on the i is not counted as a mark, since all i must have
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>	the point. 
        ^^^^^^^^^^
>

I don't think this is true in Vietnamese language.  If there is a mark  
on the vowel "i", then the point will not be there. i.e.

    -  chu't i't  (little), gia -di`nh (family), etc....

Look at the printing in VNese magazines, books, etc.., then you will see
what I mean.

Danh Tran
From: Peter H. Duong  <phduong@cbda8.apgea.army.mil>
Subject:  WHAT WOMAN MEANT
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: phduong@cbda8.apgea.army.mil
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:34:37 GMT

SCV netters,

I think this is interesting for you guys to read.  Perhaps, we will not make
mistakes.

Peter.



                         WOMAN-SPEAK


What she says...         = What she really means...
-----------------------------------------------------

* We need                = I want!
* It's your decision     = The correct decision should be obvious by now!
* Do what you want       = You'll pay for this later!
* We need to talk        = I need to complain!
* Sure... go ahead       = I don't want you to do that!
* I'm not upset          = Of course I'm upset, you moron!
* You're ... so manly    = You need a shave and you smell of sweat.
* You're certainly
   attentive tonight     = Is sex all you ever think about?
* I'm not emotional!
   And I'm not
   overreacting!         = I'm on my period!
* Be romantic, turn out
   the lights.           = I have fat thighs!
* This kitchen is so 
   inconvenient          = I want a new house!
* The gas tank is empty  = Go fill it up ...
* The trash is full      = Take it out!
* The dog is barking     = Go outside in the rain in your underwear and see
                                what is wrong.
* I want new curtains    = and carpeting, and furniture, and wallpaper ....
* I need wedding shoes   = the other 40 pairs are the wrong shade of white
* I heard a noise        = I noticed you were almost asleep!
* Do you love me?        = I'm going to ask for something expensive!
* How much do you love
   me?                   = I did something today you're really not going to
                               like!
* Nothing is wrong!      = Everything is wrong!
* I don't want to talk
   about it!             = Go away.  I'm still building up steam!
* I'm NOT angry!         = I'm pissed!
* I'll be ready in a
   minute!               = Take off your shoes and find a good football
                             game on TV!
* Am I fat?              = Tell me I'm beautiful!
* You have to learn
    to communicate!      = Just agree with me!
* Are you Listening!?    = Too late, you're dead...
* Are you cold?          = Get out of bed and close the window!
* What do you think
   of my new hair style? = Say it's beautiful - if you value your life...
* Tell me the truth
   about my new dress!   = Lie!!!