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"#1 Du Me Mi" F/4 Cav AH-1G

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  • From: S.F. Bay Area, California
"#1 Du Me Mi" F/4 Cav AH-1G
Posted by namhelo on Sunday, February 15, 2009 11:52 AM
I've seen photos and color profiles of this famous named gunship but they always omit any reference to the English translation of the Vietnamese words painted on the doghouse, "#1 Du Me Mi". I'm beginning to suspect they are cuss words. Anyone out there bilingual? JB
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    July 2007
Posted by KrazyCat on Monday, February 16, 2009 8:21 AM
John,

I remember this question popping up a couple of years ago on one of the scale modeling forums. You are wright about #1 đù mẹ mi being cuss words. I think it translates roughly as:

#1 mother f*cker

I am no expert on vietnamese, so I checked each word on online dictionaries/translation tools just to be sure:

đù: to f*ck, to stuff
mẹ: mother
mi: I have no idea as there are so many meanings depending on how it is written

I guess the crew of this Snake didn't explain the brass what the "nickname" translated to :)

Marko
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