Last week my wife, Lan, and I were watching a Vietnamese TV channel when the commercials came on. At the beginning of the first commercial the voice-over announcer enthusiastically proclaimed, "Tin vui! Tin vui!" This was followed by the rest of the ad.
At the next break a completely different commercial started with the same, "Tin vui! Tin vui!" I was curious so I asked Lan, "What does tin vui, tin vui mean anyway?" Her face took on a somewhat bemused look and she said, "It means bullshit, bullshit."
Tin vui actually means "happy news" or literally "news happy" since in Vietnamese the adjective usually follows the noun.
After almost 42 years of marriage, Lan still manages to surprise me with her dry wit and sarcastic sense of humor.
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