palomnik
American expat in Vietnam
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Lives in Nha Trang
Registration: 27 April 2014
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Retiring in Kenya by Christopher4710
Mostly a question of future planning... Does anyone have any experience with or information about retiring in Kenya for a US citizen? This is something I want to look into though it would be a ways off. Are there specific laws governing this - ...
Excellent information! I am considering moving to Kenya. I lived there many years ago, and I've never forgotten it. I'm currently retired and living in SE Asia, and not enjoying it much any more. I am presuming that the figure of $25,000 ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
I have contributed sporadically to this forum, and I have generally taken the position that Vietnamese have trouble understanding foreigners because of the difficulty foreigners have getting the pronunciation right, with a slight nod to the fact ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
Somewhat apropos to the subject, I ran across this line from a Korean language textbook. It sounds to me as if it applies to Vietnamese too: "Koreans do not expect foreigners in their country to even attempt to learn their language. The simple ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
Apropos of all this, an interesting incident happened to me today. I was eating lunch in a restaurant. The waitress came over and said something to me. I didn't understand what she said. I asked her to repeat it. I still didn't understand ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
Do you guys know that even Vietnamese is having problems understanding Vietnamese spoken by other Vietnamese from different regions? People from the North speak with different accent from those spoken by people from the Central or people from the ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
Palomanik said "Also, there are indeed social factors that I think westerners find difficult or impossible to comprehend, much less deal with, and it's worth pointing out that this situation is not unique to Vietnam; early western visitors ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
On the surface of it, I have a hard time buying into this per se; if this were true, then Vietnamese would never learn how to pronounce English correctly. I speak Thai and Chinese and I have no trouble making myself understood in those countries, a ... Read More
Why don't Vietnamese understand Vietnamese spoken by a foreigner? by I do believe
Having lived in Vietnam for 6 years and studied Vietnamese at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities it never ceases to amaze me that if I speak and pronounce a Vietnamese phrase perfectly to most Vietnamese, they don't understand me. ...
I've been living in Vietnam for two years now, and while I experienced the same frustration that most of the readers of this post have mentioned, I have gradually seen the clouds part and find that - most of the time any more, anyway - when I speak ... Read More