'Master' in BM is 'tuan', but tuan is sometimes used to refer to 'sir' or 'mister'. hope that helped :D
The Mother Tongue by Teri Holbrook is a classic mystery novel. The book begins with Ilene Parker who introduces the Nguyen family-- a Vietnamese family.... one of the only families in Statlers Cross that isn't white. The family consists of grandmother, mother (Le) and daughter (Chau). Ilene doesn't seem to serve a purpose other than to introduce the Nguyen family... she doesn't get mentioned again until later in the book. There are many characters within the book... most serve as red herrings. The most important are: Gale Grayson who lives with her daughter Katie Pru her grandmother Ella Alden. Gale has just returned from London because her husband Tom commited suicide. Ella is the spunky elder of Statlers Cross and Katie Pru is a very precocious child. Then there is Daniel Halford who is the new detective in town... he is also from the UK... he knows Gale. He also takes a liking to her. They become very close in the book. Ella shares her home with a young woman Nadianna, as well, who has a baby boy named Michael... whom she named for a person who told her Michael was a mistake. Nadianna's love interest Ron Goddard finds this reasoning a bit strange. Ron is a linguist from the UK who is studying the Keast family because he believes that their dialect is closer to his grandfather's than his is. Then there is Sally Robertson who owns and operates a Tea Room... one of the only businesses of interest in Statlers Cross. This is where the MMMM's (The Monday Morning Militant Mothers) meet and gossip. Le Nguyen works here as chef. The plot really begins when a car is found on the borders of Sarah Gaines' property.... with 3 dead bodies in it. Darrell Murphey... the mayor's son. Stuart Keast... and Tuan Nguyen. Darrell was shot with a shotgun in the head and Stuart in the jugular. They were both in the front seat... it seemed unexpected. Tuan, however, being a small vietnamese man was tied up in the back seat floorboard. He had been shot with a .22 gage gun.... it was odd that two different weapons were used in the murder. Marcus Siler reports the murder.. says he was out hunting when he came across the car. This murder starts a chain of events within the small town of Statlers Cross. Le quits her job. She turns against the town... a town that had already grieved her enough... because she had painted her house toy truck blue. It turns out that blue, in the vietnamese culture, was a color of optimism and royalty and prosperity... the white families of Statlers Cross didnt understand. Gale and Sally visit Le to offer their condolences but it ends bad when Le strikes Gale. As the murder is being investigated by Alby Truitt.... the sherriff in town.... other events occur. This includes a romance with Gale and Daniel and the romance with Nadianna and Ron. Ron takes to Nadianna because she is a photographer and he needs one for his linguist interviews. One night... when Nadianna is with Ron... she sees a truck with 2 headed serpents on the brake lights zoom by and then she hears a crash and an explosion. The Nguyen home had been firebombed. Gale took the Nguyens in. Chau and Katie Pru became friends. It turns out that Marcus Siler was the guilty party in the firebombing. One day while Ron and Nadianna are off at the Keasts' home for an interview of Rosen Keast... Daniel is back home watching Michael for Nadianna. Nadianna realizes she left her camera at home although she told Ron she left her light meter. Gale brings her camera. (Ron doesnt like Gale... tells Nadianna that she is holding her back.) Gale shows up and Nadianna is trying to get away because Ron is becoming violent. Ron shoots Gale in the collar bone... Gale plays dead. Ron admits to the murder of Darrell and Stuart and tells her that they had killed Tuan earlier for this cult like thing that Tom and Ron had started. It was called "In Gaia's Name" Gale hears everything.... and just as Ron is about to shoot her again..... Nadianna sees Ron explode in front of her.... Rosen shot Ron with her shotgun.. while screaming: YOU KILLED MY BOY! (Stuart) MEANWHILE:::: Daniel was rummaging through Ron's house... this is where he was watching Michael... for some music for Michael... and he came across some tapes... some 'stalkerish' videos of a pregnant Gale Grayson and Tom. Apparently.. Tom killed himself in order to protect his family. In the end... Le and Sally open up a tea room in Athens. Daniel decides to stay with Gale... :) <3 Rosen gets off easy--- because she cant be blamed for killing the man who admited to killing her son. ***THIS IS THE BRIEFEST OF SUMMARIES.... YOU SHOULD STILL AT LEAST SKIM IT!!!*** **Hope this helps!**
Tuan Vu is a common name for people from Thailand. There is also a hotel in Thailand with this name. There is no literal translation of the name from Thai to English.
tuan mashaika go in datu sulu
Wang Tuan died in 900.
Nguyen Tuan was born in 1910.
Nguyen Tuan died in 1987.
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan.
Tuan Le was born on February 15, 1978.
Tuan Le was born on February 15, 1978.
Kiong Kong Tuan was born in 1790.
Hoang Thi Tuan was born in 1965.
Pham Tuan was born on 1947-02-14.
Tuan Nizam Muthaliff died in 2005.