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minus-squareqwename@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoPSA: 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”.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThere’s never going back from this comment: he’s Mr. Dong forever now.
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoOh we should absolutely refer to him as Mr. Dong now.
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”.
There’s never going back from this comment: he’s Mr. Dong forever now.
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.
Oh we should absolutely refer to him as Mr. Dong now.