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  • qwename@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 个月前

    PSA: Comrade Nguyễn Phú Trọng’s surname is Nguyễn, not “Trong”, his first name is Phú Trọng, not Trong.

    NYT also made the same mistake, by referring to him as “Mr. Trong”: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/world/asia/nguyen-phu-trong-dead.html

    This would be like referring to Mao Zedong as “Dong” or “Mr. Dong”.

    I thought this was a mistake, but according to Vietnamese customs “Mr. Trong” or “Trong” is indeed a valid way to refer to Comrade Trong. This is a humiliating display in lack of investigation by myself.

    The point about Mr. Dong still stands for Chinese names.

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        4 个月前

        It’s not even the goofiest name a communist leader has had. Stalin quite literally changed his birth name to, “Joe Steel”, like he’s some sort of cosplaying superhero.

        If we can have a Joe Steel, then we can absolutely have a Mr. Dong.