If a Vietnamese teacher of English cannot pronounce English correctly, she should not be teaching English. I also believe that for political and financial reasons, foreigners should not be stepping ...

encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak. , to read off a short list of food words â minus tones â that we ...

I was invited out to drink wine and talk with a translator friend of mine. He remarked (after drinking quite a lot) that I will never understand the thoughts of the Vietnamese people because "unlike ...