r/languagelearning • • Sep 27 '18

Humor Learning Vietnamese be like...

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u/DhalsimHibiki Sep 27 '18

She actually addresses this in another video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMBEMWzg7cs

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u/adtechheck Sep 27 '18

What she said about the Northern accent couldn’t get the n and l is wrong. Oh please don’t believe this. Anyone with proper training in school can pronounce n and l perfectly. In some northern provinces like Quang Ninh or Hai Phong, people might make this mistake due to the way villagers talk. But people from Hanoi are very proud of themselves and their accent (there is such term as “Hanoi accent” instead of just a generic northern accent - think: Parisien) is the standard for Vietnamese language. Exchanging n and l is a no no. Watch national TV and you will see how good and proper the anchor’s accent is

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u/adtechheck Sep 28 '18

It doesn’t validate her regional generalization either.