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It's not that the Vietnamese government has anything against grapefruit per se. Rather the powers that be have banned
the URL www.buoi.com.vn because of a confusion that arises from the Vietnamese language's use of markings
to indicate one of six pronunciation tones, reports the BBC. Without the proper accent marks, buoi reads
the same as the slang for penis. Unfortunately for the grapefruit wholesaler in Ha Tinh province who tried to register
the name there is as yet no way to indicate such diacritical marks in Web site addresses.
Oh buoi: Vietnam bans grapefruit Web site
It's not that the Vietnamese government has anything against grapefruit per se. Rather the powers that be have banned
the URL www.buoi.com.vn because of a confusion that arises from the Vietnamese language's use of markings
to indicate one of six pronunciation tones, reports the BBC. Without the proper accent marks, buoi reads
the same as the slang for penis. Unfortunately for the grapefruit wholesaler in Ha Tinh province who tried to register
the name there is as yet no way to indicate such diacritical marks in Web site addresses.
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2-15-2006 @1:09AM L. said... Thanks. This made my day. It`s almost as good as the classic story about how Coca Cola was introduced to China with a phonetically translated expression that meant, "Bite the Wax Tadpole."
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