RE: [External] : Re: Goodbye to Thien-Thi Nguyen

[Drew Adams]

> Indeed sad news, and I am very sorry to hear this.  I wondered
> what happened to Gnuvola, and unfortunately now I know.
> 
> TTN was not a "he" but a "she" as far as I know.  Certainly
> this is attested to by her name.  In Viet Nam the middle name
> "Thi" is given to women.  For men it would have been "Van".
> Given that last names come first in that country, she would be
> called Nguyen Thi Thien.
> 
> RIP, TTN.  Your unique humor and many contributions will be
> missed.  You couldn't have been very old and your passing is a
> loss to us all.

(I too blindly presumed she was he.)

A true free spirit. Something fresh each time she wrote.