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July 14th, 2007, 01:10 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for
Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe 
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July 14th, 2007, 02:24 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti s.com... What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". -- If you are part of the [North] Vietnamese apparatchik, you call the [shanty]town to as is appropriate to honour late Uncle Ho otherwise it doesn't matter. Either way and Google searches well.
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July 14th, 2007, 04:26 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
In article i, Markku
Grönroos says... If you are part of the [North] Vietnamese apparatchik, you call the [shanty]town to as is appropriate to honour late Uncle Ho otherwise it doesn't matter. Either way and Google searches well. Wikipedia uses "Ho Chi Minh city" which seems to be the technically correct, but less used term. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
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July 14th, 2007, 04:29 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti s.com... In article i, Markku Grönroos says... If you are part of the [North] Vietnamese apparatchik, you call the [shanty]town to as is appropriate to honour late Uncle Ho otherwise it doesn't matter. Either way and Google searches well. Wikipedia uses "Ho Chi Minh city" which seems to be the technically correct, but less used term. -- Yes. You say the same thing by slightly different words. I guess that mudhole has had several names in the past.
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July 14th, 2007, 04:29 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
There are to districts named Saigon in ho chi minh city
"Alfred Molon" wrote in message ... What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
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July 14th, 2007, 04:30 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
On Jul 14, 5:10 am, Alfred Molon wrote:
What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". -- Alfred Molonhttp://www.molon.de- Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe Depends on where you are. If you are in Vietnam then it's HCM. If you are anywhere in north america or europe with large expat viet populations, be careful because if you use HCM you risk getting beat up.
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July 14th, 2007, 04:46 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
"Alfred Molon" kirjoitti s.com... In article i, Markku Grönroos says... If you are part of the [North] Vietnamese apparatchik, you call the [shanty]town to as is appropriate to honour late Uncle Ho otherwise it doesn't matter. Either way and Google searches well. Wikipedia uses "Ho Chi Minh city" which seems to be the technically correct, but less used term. -- The English speaking page knows to tell that when the city was founded it was named as Prey Nokor. No, Nokor is not a game animal but Prey Nokor means "Forest city".
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July 14th, 2007, 04:46 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
In article .com,
PeterL says... Depends on where you are. If you are in Vietnam then it's HCM. If you are anywhere in north america or europe with large expat viet populations, be careful because if you use HCM you risk getting beat up. Well, I'm in the process of setting up a photo gallery about this city and am wondering how I should call it. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
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July 14th, 2007, 05:44 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:10:08 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:
What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". technically Ho Chi Minh City is the name for the metro area Saigon still exists, it is the core area that existed pre-war, and that area is still Saigon. It lies within the larger metro area of Ho Chi Minh City Kind of like how New York City has boroughs G
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July 15th, 2007, 09:11 PM
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Saigon or Ho Chi Minh city?
Alfred Molon wrote:
What would be the "right" name? A Google search returns 9550000 hits for Saigon, but just 2780000 for "Ho Chi Minh". Most of the people I talked to there called it Saigon. Then again, that's a self-selected group: people who speak English. Their sympathies and leanings may or may not differ from the mainstream. miguel -- Hit the road! Photos from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Detailed airport information: http://airport.u.nu
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