@@RobDyrdekv1 Exactly! Boy lived in the US at age 5 when he was fully fluent and able to speak in English. Plus he only lived in China for 2 years. Not to mention you were able to hear him use his real voice.
Not really, when you are raised bilingual you can thicken your accent in both languages. Works really well when you get pulled over 👍, I thicken my French accent lol.
@@StevenHickman-m4gNot really my family does it. Pronunciation and enunciation is different for the same letters in every language. That's part of accents. My dad hasn't lived in the Philippines in almost 40 years. He has a very American accent now. When he talks to his brothers his English pronunciation goes right back to the Philippines
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Im guessing you aren't Singaporean. Yes. What you described about Singlish is true. Although there is a hint of Malay and Indian in some pronouncations and words.
Yep. I'm Indian. I'd love to learn some Singlish. From what I've heard the Singapore government has tried to incorporate as much pure English into public usage as possible. Is that true?
Yes. That is true. There are many campaigns in schools literally called "Speak Good English Movement". But you know what. Singlish is a very unique thing to Singapore. They might want to remove it from official use but it will always be spoken. And if you'd love to learn some Singlish come to Singapore then. And this video should show the examples already but they haven't specified the words being used.
A friend of mine lives in Singapore. He tells me it is not very difficult to pick up. I will definitely ask him to coach me on a few lines of Singlish!
It's so weird to see an Asian (Shan) so much taller than a Caucasian (Tyler). In America, non-Asian Americans are almost always taller than Asian-Americans, when matched by age and sex.
Would a black person speaking a French accent from growing up in France be considered racist? If he was saying the accent in a mocking way maybe but most people would just assume that's his accent
@@alfieh3477 Anybody’s assumption would be as good as mine just based on skin color. I would feel so bad to have assumed it, but it doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have immediately assumed at first. Even good accents can become an issue.
Well he is literally mocking their accent this entire video if you watch past the first minute it is pretty damn racist. His natural accent is typical American English. Nothing more.
@@josewui414 He was an American living on a military base, not amongst or in the Singapore school system. He was also fully fluent in English before even going there....not to mention he is now an adult that joined the AMERICAN military. He is and identifies as American.
Me before he changed to American accent: that is the weirdest thing I've seen today Also me after he changed into American accent: why does it feel even more weird 🤣
That Singaporean accent from Tyler is dead accurate. If close your eyes you would be certain that he is a Chinese kid born in Singapore! But I can't mimic the Singaporean accent no matter how hard I try. Maybe my native Aussie accent gets in the way ... 😁
I’m Aussie too and I reckon I can do a pretty decent Singaporean accent. It’s not that hard once you pick out the specific characteristics of the accent.
Limpeh can speak singlish and proper English , etc : Ahhh come come come , let's go watch a jombie movie (Singlish ) ,hey , let's go and watch that new zombie movie ( proper English )
Why wouldn’t you expect an American, born and raised to be fluent in English while there to not be able to speak without an accent from a country they lived in a mere two years?
It’s funny he’s showcasing another skill bilingual/multilingual people can do.. I am Filipino but grew up in the US so I speak English but even my English accent will change depending on who I’m with. If I’m at home, my English with sound thicker with a Filipino accent, but if I’m with Americans I’ll speak in a *crisp* perfect English. People do this to make who their are speaking to more comfortable. His code switching is smooth in this video 😯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Ha funny that you mentioned that! I'm the same. I'm 1/4 Filipina. When I'm with my grandma my English will have a bisaya accent but my tagalog/bisaya sounds more American. The same when I speak with my paternal grandmother who is Finnish and may maternal grandfather who is Spanish. I'm assuming it has to do with being raised in a multilingual household and having lived in several countries. When I came back to the US for hs I did have a slight British accent since I attended international schools that used British English. My English sounds American now but once in a while my Filipino accent does come out like the "p" and the "f"s switching 😂
The code shifting is not even something I do on purpose when switching the languages I learned concurrently as first languages. Whether American Sign, English, German Sign, German, Italian, Italian Sign, Russian, or Spanish, I don’t notice the code changes until I stop to think which I’m using . . .
I always find it strange when people say they lived or where even raised/born in a specific country and they tell people that and speak in that language which by then is their native language, and people are surprised that their pronunciation is so good. Like bro he literally lived there for a long time or where born there...
I'm Hispanic but I'm pale ASF. Telling people I was Hispanic growing up no one would believe me, when I would speak Spanish they would just " :0 " bc my accent was so good.
its just surprising since theres so few caucasians who speak singlish. here in sweden theres a lot of middle easternerns etc so its very normal for non-white people to speak fluent swedish, but the tables being swapped is very weird.
Because he’s white simple as that. We all get the logical reason but humans are simple we see something out of the ordinary and still get shocked even after an explanation. So nothing wrong tbh it’s just how we are
that was my company commander for basic and I think it’s really cool how Captian Creasmen never mentioned this to us. He’s the coolest guy ever and it makes me miss him because he was very focused on his future soldiers
OMG Shan is like, so terrible in EVERYTHING. I kinda agree with the Rozz comment about every accent he attempts sounds Jamaican. But..the rest of the Singlish he tried to speak was simply cringeworthy! :D Hilarious.. Oh and I'm not sure the yo mama jokes were actually appropriate banter with a kid like that o.O -Bianca
He was raised between 2 different cultures and languages so I understand he can make his voice change. I know people from China who came over when they were young and talk with a normal American accent but when they are at home with their parents or go back to visit they speak fluent Chinese.
Shan's "Singlish" accent sounds like the lovechild of Borat and Kim Jong Il... with speech impediments. Would have loved to hear the kid speak more Hokkien/Cantonese but mad props to him already! Steady la.
Actually I think Singlish is kind of cute and it's Singaporean's culture :) Whenever we are abroad, when we speaks Singlish, other Singaporeans will notice instantly !! ^o^ Like it ^.^ for those that dislike, please “Roll " back to ur Own Country :p
I’m American and I lived in Singapore for 5 years, I can switch between Singaporean accent and American accent as well! This guy is very cool and I can relate
Often when you grow up multilingual you switch not just languages but accents as well depending on what fits the situation in which you find yourself. It's automatic. You do it without thinking.
That’s not what was going on though… He was speaking Singlish in the beginning. It’s a creole language that English speakers can understand. It’s spoken in Singapore where he grew up. Then he switched to English which is when you heard the American accent
Why are they laughing at him when he is obviously extremely intelligent with switching his accent... I do the same thing because I'm trilingual and switch my accent (not purposely) depending on the person I'm speaking to
Omg... is anyone watching this rn and thinking wow god damn this was racist asf *Not the kid speaking but the jokes made about him from the interviewer*
Aiya please don't talk so much about my mother ah, the more u talk the more u look like ah gua. LOL!!! XD His american and singlish(winglish) is PERFECT!
it’s weird how if a singaporean doesn’t speak in a singaporean accent, they’re “trying to sound American” no lmfao- it depends on how people around you speak like. I use singlish but very rarely, and my accent is sort of American ish, but that’s because I heard that alot growing up, and my parents spoke sort of similarly too. I do have a singaporean accent, just not as strong as his despite being singaporean.
As a singaporean, I can say his singlish is better than mine lol. I speak British English unless I’m at home, but at home some things I say in singlish and somethings are british-
Actually I live in Hong Kong and I knew a lot of white and black students back in high school who had Cantonese accents. Like they don't look Chinese but they sure as hell sound Chinese
This video is so precious to me. Back then as a kid when it Aired on TV, I didn't understood a thing. Now as an adult, I understand what the whole thing was about.
Xie Yu Zheng i couldn’t with the “singlish insults” i expected them to like start tossing the hokkien ones but then they started with “your mother” jokes and they were so bad...
Thank you! For mocking another culture and pretending you can’t speak proper English smh. The bar is so low but if you have Golden Hair whatever you do gets automatically elevated 🤢
