Re: Compound Christian names in US and elsewhere

In message <42E62CBA.2B7B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Richard Herring wrote: 

In message <rzm0+$2DES5CFwdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Herring
<junk@[127.0.0.1]> writes
>In message <87d5p6g7pl.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Lee Sau Dan
><danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter T Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>    Peter> I invite you to the multiplicity of Vietnamese restaurants
>>    Peter> in Chicago (and I didn't even get to go to any last week!)
>>    Peter> and sample the cuisine and read the histories on the menus.
>>
>>    Peter> Is it possible that your experience of Vietnamese cuisine
>>    Peter> is limited?
>>
>>I  tried it  in  SF  Bay Area  and  Hong Kong.   And  I like  "pho'?",
>>Vietnamese spring roll, and Vietnamese sausage.  I find nothing French
>>in these _Vietnamese_ specialities.
>>
>I've had an excellent cassoulet in Hanoi... but I don't recall the Café
>des Arts advertising itself as "Vietnamese".
>
Sorry, wrong restaurant. It was La Salsa.

And there was absolutely nothing remotely French about the Vietnamese
fare in Little Hanoi.


I doubt S Vietnamese refugees would name their neighborhood _anything_
"Hanoi."

Why would S Vietnamese refugees be setting up a restaurant in northern Vietnam?

("Little Hanoi" is not a neighbourhood, it's the name of two restaurants in Hanoi.)

--
Richard Herring
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