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> Why did you say "what we call" in reference to the Vietnam war? I guess I was thinking that HN is a very multinational forum, and I don't know what people in
by dctoedt 4y ago
> Why did you say "what we call" in reference to the Vietnam war?
I guess I was thinking that HN is a very multinational forum, and I don't know what people in other countries would call the Vietnam War.
(I'm reminded of how genteel Southern ladies supposedly used to refer to the Civil War as The Late Unpleasantness.)
- yesenadam 4y agoApparently in Vietnam it's commonly called (what translates as) "Resistance War against America". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_Vietnam_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_the_Vietnam_War