American and European Foreigners Speaking Vietnamese ! (VIETNAM MISUDA GLOBAL TALK SHOW)

TV Show: Chuyện phiếm tối thứ ba - Misuda - GLOBAL TALK SHOW 2009
http://chuyenphiemtoithuba.com

Production: Vietba Media
Host: MC Anh Duy
Air: Hanoi
Star casts: Dang Khoi singer, Duy Khoa idol, Akira Phan singer, Ha Anh supermodel, Hai Yen idol, Minh Tiep actor, Hoang Hai singer, Chi Trung comedian...

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[hdhatt05]

Iam learning veitnamese.. It is by far one if the most beautiful languages

[baon2219]

this reminds me of the korean show where the panel being all foreigners who have mastered the korean language.

[vinhbethmickie]

tui nuoc ngoai hoc noi tieng viet ma noi theo kieu giong bac ky nghe thay ghet! bac ky noi nghe chuong tai thay me!!

[3lutz3toe]

@daicasg, You are so right! I was born in South Saigon also and came to the US when I was 10. Used to think that Northern accent sounded funny. But of course I now know better now. Like you said, the Nothern accent has the fewest adjustments to actual words/pronunciation. And the Southern accent can at times, sound tho lo lam!

[toi2codon]

they are really cute, I hope they live well here

[ThesakuracardCCS]

@daicasg: Every language will sound gibberish to foreigners. For example, I have seen a video spoken in Dutch & I assumed that it was German because I watcheda German soap opera with English subtitles.

I personally think it depends on a person. Many Americans always compliment that Spanish language is so sexy whilst it is too unendurable for my ears because the speakers speak very fast and loud at the same time. In the end, every dialect of every language is unique and beautiful in its own way.

[daicasg]

A language sounds better (like music) if it has intonation in it (rise and fall of the voice) such as English, Chinese Mandarin and North Vietnamese (with 6 distinct accents). Due to lack of intonation, Southern Vietnamese dialect sounds very boring. Plus, Southern counterparts generally speak pretty fast, making their language sound more annoying to the foreigners' ears. Personally, i think Northern Vietnamese sounds like Chinese Mandarin and Southern Vietnamese sounds like Thai or Khmer.

[daicasg]

@ThesakuracardCCS You didn't get the point! All languages have cursing and insulting words and it's another issue i won't dig into any further. I'm NOT discussing the semantics (study of meaning of a language) but the phonology or phonetics, a branch of linguistics dealing with systems of SOUNDS. Many people say Romance languages such as Italian and French sound like music even though they don't understand a word; and a bunch of foreigners say South Vietnamese dialect sounds like Cambodian!

[ThesakuracardCCS]

@daicasg: English language will also sound ugly if the speakers use many cursing and insulting words. And I would like to clarify that neither Hanoian or Saigonese dialect is considered the "standard" because speakers of both accents make mistakes in the different ways. You were born in Saigon but I don't know whether you have ever heard of the accents from Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên). The accent from Da Lat should be standard because speakers made the least mistakes in pronunciation.

[ivselgandjoby]

im surprise they speak viet really good !but it is not as good as the asian foreigner!

[daicasg]

I was born in Saigon and i used to think Northern accent sounds weird. I couldn't explain myself the question "why do all foreigner speak Northern Vietnamese accent?" But now, after living in US for 10 years, i already had the answer: Northern Vietnamese is the standard language with fewest errors in pronunciation and Americans (and other non-vietnamese speaking people) are extremely frustrated when hearing Southern accent. They told me Southern accent is very annoying with lots of cursing words

[daicasg]

I totally agree with GuardianDemonX and Channel1st about how annoying Southern Vietnamese sounds to foreigners's ears.Those who are making fun of Northern Vietnamese accent are really ignorant, stubborn and shallow, just because they use their own culture (southern accent) as a yardstick to judge the others; that's what sociologists call "ethnocentrism". To be fair and avoid biases, we must see things under others' perspectives (in this case, non-vietnamese speaking people), not our own view.