Talk:Vietnam

Request for verification
Rfv-sense. Noun: A long war, unwinnable by a dominating foreign occupier. More of an empirical question, does this just count as attributive use of the proper noun or does it deserve its own sense. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:26, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've seen it used in this sense several times lately. Today's Guardian uses Suez in a similar way (actually Suez-like). SemperBlotto 08:39, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe this should have been a Tearoom issue, as I'm not really denying that it exists, I'm just asking whether it's the proper noun used attributively. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:04, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I too have seen this used in this manner, notably as in "Russia's Vietnam" when talking about Afganistan.--Dmol 10:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Retracted, as the term is in widespread use. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:13, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

French spelling

 * See also Viêt Nam

Why does this entry list the spelling Viêt Nam as rare or obsolete when it’s used by French Wikipedia? --Lundgren8 (t · c) 19:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)