So cool! As someone who was born in the US, I have no Vietnamese accent, and have been told I have no discernible accent that anyone can place me in a certain part of the US, even though I should have one. Iβve tried making myself have an accent and absolutely canβt, in any language. But when I went back to VN every told me I spoke in an American accent with my Vietnamese! So there it was, I do have an American accent after all!
bbstl π§Ή
April 26, 2021 at 11:51 AM
More interesting commentary on Steven Yuen, Minari and language.
Steven Yeunβs Perfect Accent in βMinariβ
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/steven-yeuns-perfect-accent-in-minari
Ally
April 26, 2021 at 6:33 PM
So cool! As someone who was born in the US, I have no Vietnamese accent, and have been told I have no discernible accent that anyone can place me in a certain part of the US, even though I should have one. Iβve tried making myself have an accent and absolutely canβt, in any language. But when I went back to VN every told me I spoke in an American accent with my Vietnamese! So there it was, I do have an American accent after all!
bbstl π§Ή
April 26, 2021 at 8:57 PM
Have you ever taken this quiz?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html
It nailed me pretty well for Chicago.
Ally
April 28, 2021 at 9:33 PM
Close. It said Tulsa/OKC, I lived in OKC for a year. My husband actually went to school in Tulsa! Iβm sending this to him!
bbstl π§Ή
April 30, 2021 at 9:03 AM
Cool! How did he do?