Linda Chung English Intro @ Miss Chinatown USA 2009 in San Francisco

[MegaTieuHo]

her English is very good

[thanhvan2812]

her English is extremely good. She's the best person that Speaks English that well in TVB, I believe.

[SirWildDog]

@thanhvan2812 dont forget chen fala

!

[Mslizzieva]

@thanhvan2812 Dont forget Kate Tsui.

[staceyrox111]

@TVBReCollection Her accent is not noticeable AT ALL. The way she constructs the sentence(seeing it's a speech of course it is rehearsed but you get the idea!). I think that's her native language. Not sure.

[amandurs]

you can tell when shes acting in tvb dramas that she has a chinese accent when she speaks chinese

[cloud625]

It was nice to see Linda Chung at Miss Chinatown USA 2009 Pageant in San Francisco, USA!

[realhker]

minor cantonese accent

[allyq90]

The thing about her English...put simply=her mother tongue!

Other than that is also has to do with her ASIAN voice. You don't hear people like her singing American pop songs which require a very strong-sounding vocal voice...White people just simply have a different voice. Thankfully I don't sound very asian, just because I don't hang out with many asians.

[staceyrox111]

@allyq90 What's wrong with sounding Asian? You make it sound like it's rather unfortunate no?

[astroboy315]

She's clearly fluent in English, no doubt about it. But she does still have a hint of a Chinese accent, and it's not obvious to the non-Asians out there who are less susceptible to picking up the subtleties in her speaking. I'm not a CBC (Canadian Born Chinese), but rather, I'm an ABC (American Born Chinese). I know a minimal amount of Chinese, and when I do spew out those basic words now and then, I have a huge English accent. Point is, she has a minor accent that not everyone can pick up on.

[mlsi]

@astroboy315, i'd say her chinese accent is more than just a hint. i'm nto sure if she did that deliberately becuase she's speaking to a chinese audience.

she sounds like someone who speaks cantonese as a first langauge.

[AnonymousPopper]

thats make her even more sexier

[Elsieification]

how come she still got some cantonese accent???? isnt she CBC???

[fatalwish]

@Elsieification that's not a cantonese accent.. that's a canadian accent. i can't speak cantonese and i have same accent as her. LOL

[ksianaLove]

shes canadiann

come onn

shes not chinese?!

[MsVinsa]

@ksianaLove SHE is CHINESE but she's born in CANADA

[Aeroanhspace]

Linda's english is pretty good.

[phuunggdiary]

she was Canadian.

[aznlyfe6]

still is.

[PuFfYxxBeAr]

SHe deserves this award!

[nataliecat88]

her english was alright , but doesnt sound like she was born in canada, coz she has strong accent of cantonese

[carrieee33]

really?? her english is way better than her cantonese though

[jojoluv976]

@carrieee33 it is because she wasnt born in Hong Kong . She was born in the US . She cant read cantonese . She needs a translator .

[HCani]

@jojoluv976 Not quite. She was born in Canada, and was raised in Vancouver. Why do people assume that all english speaking people come from US?

[jojoluv976]

@HCani certain people(like me) sometime gets confuse with canada being in the US. Because I am not anywhere near that region.

[Allawahguy]

I wouldn't say she has a Cantonese accent...no way...that's definitely a Canadian accent. however, as with most CBCs and ABCs, there is something distinctive about her accent that clearly shows she's Asian.

[emerzboa]

I want to know why too -.-

[Allawahguy]

I think it's cos ABCs and CBCs' accents are almost "too perfect"...I think that's the distinguishing factor. Caucasians have a certain "laziness" in their pronunciations, where ABCs and CBCs do not.

[emerzboa]

true

I think it's like Cantonese in HK....there are tons of "lazy sounds" which makes an unique accent but foreigners who learn the language have a significantly different accent

even when I speak Canto, people immediately know that I'm not local because I took pinyin classes in Van. to learn Canto so I don't have so many "lazy sounds"

[Allawahguy]

I know exactly what "lazy sounds" you're referring to. Things like pronouncing "n" sounds as "l" sounds right? e.g pronouncing "you" as "lei" rather than the correct "nei".

...or pronouncing "country" as "gok" rather than "gwok"...

[emerzboa]

exactly :)

[MsFaithFulGirl]

She is born in canada . That why she is very good in english <3 =D

[verypretty8]

aww i wanted to come to see her!! but don't have a ticket or admission to go... =[ missed

[zkarcann91rkfx]

i totally agree with sophietheen ! Her presentation was so plain...but quite frankly,i have to say we can't hide the fact that she's gorgeous ! hehe...

[SleepyUchiha]

She's Canadian born!

[SportsRulez123]

shes good at english cuz she was born and raised in vancouver :D

[Cloud10v35Aerith]

DOES anyone give a damn about your being able to speak in flawed English? And what you have said above is a loopful of crap

[xxxdiana222]

shes so good at english

[ivan011093]

sh is canadian

[JENLUVSOTH]

i also agree with the fact that ABC's speak differently than caucasians. We have the accent but its still different somehow...the pronouciation is not the same. Theirs is more smooth and perfect no matter how they say it while we can never get the sound exactly the way they do it. For example our "s". Asians sound more dull and its not precise. We either try too hard or not enough. If you record an asian and a caucasian on a recorder. It is very DISTINCT. which is kind of odd.....

[mrxiaoboi94]

she might be the best tvb actress to speak english. i dun think i can go better than her

[canucksnation]

check out Bernice Liu

[Championchi]

well she did live in vancouver for most of her life =) very cbc

[nonoteru]

She was born in Canada.

[sandy520rayda]

linda english is so good~

support her!

[GOT5OUL]

is she competing or something?

[sailormoon5]

She is great

Her English sounds so good

[JillianChung]

whee go linda!! she's so cool!

[xXSugaFernii]

OMG her english is great :)

[cmm710]

coz she is born in Canada...

[brightnessQQ]

Her english is better than the white ppls'

[Allawahguy]

BrightnessQQ....nonono...she does NOT sound like a white person. If you listen to her carefully, you can quite distinctly tell that she's Asian. You can tell that she's a CBC.

To the untrained ear, it made sound like a white person speaking. But there is something quite distinct about the way CBCs/ABCs speak...you can just tell that they're Chinese.

[juslitome]

I agree with you. Americans tend to sound more firm, powerful and smooth with the way they talk. ABC/CBCs, however, speak in a very airy-light voice, which indicates to me (most of the time), that they're Asian. It IS very distinctive, and I'm not sure how to explain it.

I speak the same way as her, lol, and I don't like it. I want to have firmer foundation in my voice, without that short airy hesitancy when I say something.

[Allawahguy]

Totally agree with your sentiments. I'm a Chinese person from Australia, and our ABCs also distinctively sound Asian, even though they have "perfect" Aussie accents.

There's just something different about it...I think it's the tone in which they speak, but yes it is very difficult to describe what the difference is. But you can certainly tell they're Asian without looking at them.

[juslitome]

We sound too polite and timid, imo, lol.

At least it's breezy.

[Allawahguy]

I think you'll note that with ABCs and CBCs, there is too much emphasis on pronuncing every word fully and getting the phonetics right. It's probably due to the influence of the mon-syllabic nature of Chinese.

Westerners don't usually do that. They have a "lazier", more casual pronunciation of words- hence sound more smooth. I don't think I sound ABC. My accent is quite "white", although I'm probably halfway between the two.

[juslitome]

That is a great observation, Allawahguy.

I never really factored in the innate monosyllabic nature of Chinese to how we speak English, but I think it's more likely due to multi-intonations of Chinese rather than the mono-syllabic reason.

Still a great observation though! Got me thinking at least.

On another note, I think having an American accent is really hard. They tend to resonate a lot of power with every word spoken so maybe we're both wrong? They just have better vocal cords?

[Allawahguy]

@juslitome...thanks for your comments. I think we're both right...Think about it- the multi-intonations go hand in hand with the mono-syllabic nature of Chinese. The very reason wy we have tones is because Chinese is mono-syllabic. Without tones, a mono-syllabic language like Chinese would not function properly.

i doubt it has anything to do with vocal cords....hahah, I note you also favourited the Chinese accent video from my fellow Aussie.

[juslitome]

you're welcome =]

well, any language can be mono-syllabic but still have very little intonations (like Japanese/Korean/other Asian languages.) They are smoother to pronounce but it has nothing to do with them being mono-syllabic in nature. More so to do with the sound of the words.

In any case, we both may be right, though that doesn't help much haha.

And yes I favorited your fellow Aussie's video. It's on point with the way real Chinese accent is spoken, but moreso in Mandarin accent?

[Allawahguy]

@juslitome...yes, that chick's take on the mandarin accent is quite accurate...although I think she overdid it a little and it sounds a bit like Japanese english.

btw, I wouldn't exactly call Japanese a mono-syllabic language. Korean I agree is mono-syllabic and lacks tones. However, they make up for this with their vocab structure- eg Kamsahamnida is gonna sound like kamsahamnida no matter what tone you use. In Chinese, if you bugger up the tone, the meaning changes with it.

[1cherrylane]

@juslitome ...if you watch the Disney Mulan cartoons, you will hear that distinctive Asianess too even though Mulan speaks entirely in English.

[lilcei1234]

omg! linda is soo good speaking english! raymond toooo!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!! raymond and linda are soooo cute couples!!!! :D

[vince0123]

LOL LOOK at that guy hes short as shit

[Babiibluez08]

LOL

[xorachelzxo]

He may be short, but there's no reason to say it like that. Keep your nasty comment to yourself.

[aprilshhowers]

i was tehre!!!

[janster20]

Yea those people with glowsticks were fans of Amy Chu! lol Linda's English is flawless! I love it!

[hodgsonvan19]

She was born and raised in Canada. Of course her English is flawless.

[Denstradamus]

llike who? everyone that's been raised in an english speaking country can at least speak and understand at an above average level.

[janster20]

Yes, everyone's been raised in an English speaking country can at least speak and understand at an above level. But a few are not as flawless as Linda's and also, that's not the point I'm trying to make here. lol I'm just saying her English is more flawless than mine. I admired her. She's my role model. I love listening to her when she speaks English. =)

If I have offended anyone here, I do apologize. =(

[xdramaxaddicttx]

ahh i was there!

and that's my uncle right next to herr! :D

wow, people upload these videos fastt.

[minority49]

wait xdramazaddicttx are u eunice???

[minority49]

omg i was there. it was awesome to see her. but i was kinda far from her :( but at least i got her autograph:)

[marshyMELo]

There was a row of people thats were being so friggen cute. they made their glow sticks into heart shapes swinging them back and forth when she sang all those songs. D:

[AZNGRANDKING510]

NICE

[babypinkgurl13]

thx for sharing!

[lly122lly]

Thanks for your sharing.

[MicahTheFob]

lol yeah more coming soon

just editing rite now

[yangshiqiye]

thx 4 posting..

[missstorykay]

HELLLLS YEAH!

linda is goregouss!

& i was definitely there in... row 30.

XD

i hate you guys for getting those freakin vip tickets from ROY.

ahahahahah

[don't screw roy]