Cuong Le, an Australia-based friend who curated "I love Pho" -- a wonderful, multimedia exhibit on pho
noodle soup that's touring globally, tracks practically every related to Vietnam's
national dish. He just emailed that pho has been officially added
to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED). The SOED is just a scaled down, two-volume version of the Oxford Dictionary.
Rachel Ray got EVOO in there
a little while back so why not pho? I usually have to put pho in
italics but now that it's officially part of the lexicon, I don't have
to any more. Yippee!
Now, I'd love to get the word Viet in there . . .
For more words that were added, read the Associated Press article by Kate Schuman
k.pham says
wow! that brings the soup into literary stardom. famous as the famed Bouillabaisse Marseillaise.
Andrea Nguyen says
I know, it's really great. I fought for using pho as is (no accent marks) when writing my book and am glad that the term is now officially accepted.
k.pham says
i would love to see another term entering the Oxford - Pho-ism or Phoism, chủ nghĩa Pho - a gloval movement of making and eating Pho in a more or less fanatical sense; Andrea, perhaps you can make it happen. Now, it's utterly ambitious :-))
steamy kitchen says
Well finally Pho gets some respect! It's about time!