tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post8146153042217398928..comments2023-09-11T09:14:26.879+01:00Comments on Halfway between Ca Mau and Sai Gon: Now it really *is* the New Year.Oanhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18005515006491660673noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-57929851727450820052008-02-19T09:27:00.000+00:002008-02-19T09:27:00.000+00:00And Purple Orchid, how did you know I call my sist...And Purple Orchid, how did you know I call my sisters che instead of chi? (but only when I want a favour!)Oanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005515006491660673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-80494996203816897392008-02-19T09:26:00.000+00:002008-02-19T09:26:00.000+00:00Wandering Chopsticks - More like Oom. It means th...Wandering Chopsticks - <BR/>More like Oom. It means the same as Bac, and I think Purple Orchid and NT are correct when they say it is a southern and Chinese thang. I have some Chinese in my ancestry, on my father's side, and I am way way south. So south I'm almost in the Ocean. :-)Oanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005515006491660673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-24346772984884882382008-02-18T04:16:00.000+00:002008-02-18T04:16:00.000+00:00my whole understanding of the 'um' thing was that ...my whole understanding of the 'um' thing was that it has to do with if you have chinese ancestry in it...there is also the crosslink of calling older sisters che instead of chi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-24536546756050291272008-02-15T19:41:00.000+00:002008-02-15T19:41:00.000+00:00Wait!? Um as in eat? Like what I hear people sayin...Wait!? Um as in eat? Like what I hear people saying to little babies?Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-18180288851423739382008-02-15T14:56:00.000+00:002008-02-15T14:56:00.000+00:00Hi everyoneThanks for the wishes :-) and good to "...Hi everyone<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the wishes :-) and good to "see" you again, Purple Orchid!<BR/><BR/>I'm contemplating a post about why I call my mum/mom Um. The short answer is that that's what I was brought up with - so presumably it's a regional thing. Everyone in my father's extended family calls their mother Um, because his mother (my paternal grandma) was never ba noi, but always Ma, so to avoid confusion, perhaps, mothers were Um. Better than vu I suppose...Oanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005515006491660673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-12441402440643300742008-02-14T12:47:00.000+00:002008-02-14T12:47:00.000+00:00happy new year oanh!chuc oanh nhieu may mang va ni...happy new year oanh!<BR/><BR/>chuc oanh nhieu may mang va niem vui!<BR/><BR/>holidays away from families definitely suck. =(<BR/><BR/>my 2 cents is to call it tet. the lunar thing just isn't quite right because virtually every other non calender year new year is lunar calender based. tet means tet, and it's 100% viet.<BR/><BR/>i'm a bit curious about why you call your mum um too. i've heard it used before and i guessed, something southern, and something part chinese...n.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672715361019261289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-1949722105093197872008-02-11T04:57:00.000+00:002008-02-11T04:57:00.000+00:00happy new year oanh. i have the same problem insi...happy new year oanh. i have the same problem insisting that it aint chinese new year...its actually lunar new year too.... bloody chinese...harhahrhar<BR/><BR/>anyways...hope you had an enjoyable tet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-28332887957827462852008-02-09T13:02:00.000+00:002008-02-09T13:02:00.000+00:00Chuc mung nam moi Oanh. If that makes you feel bet...Chuc mung nam moi Oanh. If that makes you feel better, I also cried this morning when I rang home. Hearing Tet music blaring out from the TV on the other end of the phone and my parents and relatives shouting on top of each other suddenly made me so homesick. At my work place people just roll their eyes when I told them that it's the Chinese New Year :sigh: anyway chuc Oanh nam moi thanh cong nhieu hanh phuc. :)Hedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14272166197082137905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-20790735741515753382008-02-09T06:12:00.000+00:002008-02-09T06:12:00.000+00:00I know how you feel. I used to tear up whenever I'...I know how you feel. I used to tear up whenever I'd call home too. <BR/><BR/>As you might have noticed, I keep stressing lunar all the time. Even though technically since I'm also Chinese I guess I could say it, but I prefer to educate people instead. :P<BR/><BR/>BTW, I'm not sure if I asked this before but if I did, can't remember which post, so I'm asking it again. Why do you call your mom Um? Is this a regional thing? I've never heard of it before so it's odd to me. I only know of Me and Ma.Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-79031966372405793632008-02-09T00:46:00.000+00:002008-02-09T00:46:00.000+00:00Wow, my spelling is horrificWow, my spelling is horrifichonglien123https://www.blogger.com/profile/04664865503830892153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9516277.post-40942786261950031242008-02-09T00:45:00.000+00:002008-02-09T00:45:00.000+00:00Chuc mung nam moi Oanh! Phuc nhu dong hai, tho nhu...Chuc mung nam moi Oanh! Phuc nhu dong hai, tho nhu dong son, tien vao ao ao!honglien123https://www.blogger.com/profile/04664865503830892153noreply@blogger.com