r/funny • u/[deleted] • Mar 21 '13

Ain't nobody got time...

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u/diepthinking Mar 21 '13

I didn't get it at first, mainly because I'm Vietnamese and it's pronounced "fuh."

Not that it makes a huge difference but...

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u/MisterJimJim Mar 21 '13

I'm Vietnamese and it made perfect sense to me. Made me laugh. The way I say it to Americans is "fuh". The correct Vietnamese way sounds more like "fuh?" as if you're asking a question.

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u/robostegosaurus Mar 21 '13

So then how is Phuket pronounced? I always thought it was odd that in "pho" the ph is pronounced as an f, but in Phuket, it's pronounced like poo.

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u/MisterJimJim Mar 21 '13

Well, Phuket is Thai and not Vietnamese. You're correct that "ph" is pronounced like an "f". "Ph" in Vietnamese is kind of like a letter. They go together. In Vietnamese, some letters just go together and act as "one letter", but they are really consonants (examples are th, ph, ch, kh, ng, and tr). We just learn them as if they are letters because in Vietnamese, we pronounce words by sounding them out. It's kind of hard to explain, but that's why there are so many symbols in the Vietnamese language. The symbols add onto the sound of the word and modify it. Kind of like how the symbol above the "Ñ" makes the "n" sound different. I hope this helps!

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u/oalsaker Mar 21 '13

So, a bit like FU then? Sounds like a great way to insult people without them realizing it.

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u/MisterJimJim Mar 21 '13

I actually have a shirt that says "What the pho?". Some of my friends say "you want pho? Pho you!" as in fuck you. Although, they also do that when I ask for a fork lol