More Hmong Stuff

[anotherlaujgirl]

Hmong. Both an ethnicity as well as a language. Hmong is an asian ethnicity.
Hmong people lived in Thailand, Laos, China, pretty much the Southeast asian countries before
the Vietnam War. When the war broke out, many Hmong people ran from their villages because they were being killed.

Many hmong people became refugees.

After that, Hmong people went all over the world. Many came to the United States.

Others went to European countries. One i know of is France.

My family came to the US.

My dad served in the army as one of the many  Hmong soldiers who helped American soldiers through the
forests of Thailand and Laos.

Just a little info.

Oh, my name is Stephanie. But because my parents couldn't pronounce it at the time,
they called me, Pav nim. This is not an actual hmong name, but it's hmong apparently. THere's no
meaning. It just sounds like Phanie from my name.

To pronounce Pav nim in hmong, it'd sound like Bonnie.

It'd be pronounced more like, with a SOFT B mixed with a P sound. "PBa-nnie"

[Joeyramone]

Interesting story and information.  Sad how the US left so many of our Hmong friends behind after the war.

[anotherlaujgirl]

It is.