Nguyen, I love you wikipedia! |
 May 17 2009, 11:17 PM
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 kthxbai  Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203  |
OMFG I've always wondered why so many asians have this last name.
QUOTE("smart ass wiki person") By some estimates, approximately 40 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname QUOTE("another smart ass wiki person") Origin and usage Although in more recent times, people with this surname are most often associated with Vietnam, it is of Chinese origin[citation needed], written in Chinese as 阮—pronounced Ruǎn (Ruan) in Standard Mandarin and Yuen5 in Cantonese (see Chinese surnames). Today, Ruan is an uncommon, though by no means rare, surname in China. Some Vietnamese with this surname claim to be descended from a man named Ruan Cho, a governor of Jiaozhi (交趾, the Sino-Vietnamese name for northern Vietnam at that time, Vietnamese: Giao Chỉ) during China's Chen Dynasty (557-589). Throughout Vietnamese history, many events contributed to the name's prominence. In 1232, after usurping the Lư Dynasty, Trần Thủ Độ forced the descendants of the Lư to change their surname to Nguyễn. When Hồ Quư Ly overturned the Trần Dynasty, he killed many of their descendants so when the Hồ Dynasty collapsed in 1407, many of his descendants changed their surname to Nguyễn in fear of retribution. In 1592, on the collapse of the Mạc Dynasty, their descendants changed their surname to Nguyễn and Lều. When the Nguyễn Dynasty (the descendants of the Nguyễn Lords) took power in 1802, some of the descendants of the Trịnh Lords fearing retribution changed their surname to Nguyễn, while others fled north into China. The Nguyễn Dynasty awarded many people the surname Nguyễn during their rule, and many criminals also changed their surname to Nguyễn to avoid prosecution. As with all other common surnames, most people having this surname are not necessarily related.[3] In Vietnamese custom as with other East Asian cultures, the surname precedes the given names. Like many surnames in Vietnam and other Chinese-influenced cultures (including Korea and Japan), the name Nguyễn is shared with those in Chinese culture with the same surname. The Chinese/Hán Tự character for Nguyễn is 阮, which refers to a moon-shaped lute instrument called ruan (Mandarin). yay wikipedia :D |
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May 17 2009, 11:18 PM
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 The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
But how many cool viets have the last name vo? Zero.
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May 17 2009, 11:40 PM
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 R U A Q T ? [; Group: Official Member Posts: 7,276 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 421,631 |
^Was that an insult to Tung?
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May 17 2009, 11:41 PM
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QUOTE(DoubleJ @ May 17 2009, 09:18 PM)  But how many cool viets have the last name vo? Zero. my high school math teacher did. he was pretty cool. 
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May 17 2009, 11:52 PM
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look at this dingleberry having an epiphany and shit
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May 17 2009, 11:54 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(DoubleJ @ May 17 2009, 09:18 PM) But how many cool viets have the last name vo? Zero. dang i just got dissed |
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May 18 2009, 02:06 AM
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 yawn :) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,926 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,041 |
QUOTE(DoubleJ @ May 17 2009, 11:18 PM) But how many cool viets have the last name vo? Zero. actually i know about 6 guys and 3 girls with the last name of Vo and they are all pretty cool |
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May 18 2009, 02:16 AM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(no-name @ May 18 2009, 12:06 AM) actually i know about 6 guys and 3 girls with the last name of Vo and they are all pretty cool haha fa sho nancy. am i one of them |
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May 18 2009, 07:41 AM
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The Resident Drunk Group: Head Staff Posts: 8,623 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,266 |
Tung knows I am messing lol
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May 19 2009, 09:11 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,665 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,364 |
damn.
i remember when i saw in a middle school yearbook, one whole page was filled with Nguyens. |
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May 20 2009, 05:57 PM
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rawr? Group: Official Member Posts: 2,705 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 285,858 |
there's too many viets i know named ho, van, vo, nguyen, and vu. :] YAYYYYY!
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May 20 2009, 05:58 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
can someone make a quick summary of that lol
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May 20 2009, 06:45 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
Nguyen is the only Vietnamese surname I know. Oh, and Bui.
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May 20 2009, 08:27 PM
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 Death is a promise given to us at birth Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,757 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,459 |
I know a familiy of vo
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