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Chris Tolley (ukonline really) wrote:

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As for "Viet-Cong" well, that was just a name made up by someone in the
USA to make them sound scary, wasn't it. If they had been correctly
described as "Viet-Minh", then I fear too many people in Blighty would
have been put in mind of Neddy Seagoon et al.

Scuse me while I mop up the coffee from the keyboard...

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