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Her name is Sharon Balcombe, daughter of an American missionary, native Cantonese speaker, yes, first language is actually Cantonese.

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all those youtube language specialists say she has a chinese accent but i cant hear jack

Definitely an accent.

She does though not much, but it's pretty obvious English isn't her strongest language out of the three. Actually, even her Mandarin is slightly affected by her Cantonese.

Cruor!? o.O, should u be at sra?

i found whats wrong w/ my autopot, i didn't ran it w/ admin rights, vista didn't allow it to pot

by accent, you guys don't mean her non-smoothness do you? cause that can be eliminated by practice

I hear a few mispronounced words... But no one is perfect

She does have an accent, but you can only tell from a few places.
0:32 She says "We would like to welcome you" and she slurs "would," leaving out the D like a lot of Cantonese relatives I know
0:39 "God bless you all," it sounds like "God bless you au"
0:42 "Those who have faithfully come to our midst," she leaves out the D in "midst"
And just a few other grammar things like "from the overseas" and "even though you might not c-came here the first time"

But these are pretty small mistakes since she speaks all three pretty well! Her Cantonese is great.

who cares its just like ups and downs and curves and sound distortions

my english sucks as well, is there a difference in pronounciation between

in and inn?
eye and i?
year and ear?

user wrote:my english sucks as well, is there a difference in pronounciation between

in and inn?
eye and i?
year and ear?

Year and Ear are different o.O

YI-EAR

user wrote:my english sucks as well, is there a difference in pronounciation between

in and inn?
eye and i?
year and ear?

phonetics ftw

banana wrote:

user wrote:my english sucks as well, is there a difference in pronounciation between

in and inn?
eye and i?
year and ear?

phonetics ftw

huh?

user wrote:

banana wrote:

user wrote:my english sucks as well, is there a difference in pronounciation between

in and inn?
eye and i?
year and ear?

phonetics ftw

huh?

phonetics is like the way the sound is produced... something like that

I only hear her accent when speaking English, non with the chinese

loooooooooool, she has a chinese accent

To user,

Kinda strange coming a white woman right? You white people are used to hearing native Chinese people mispronouncing words, how's does it feel now that the table has turned bitches?

Just kidding about the bitches part btw. I love you all.

Rom.

Anh_Hung_Rom_1 wrote:To user,

Kinda strange coming a white woman right? You white people are used to hearing native Chinese people mispronouncing words, how's does it feel now that the table has turned bitches?

Just kidding about the bitches part btw. I love you all.

Rom.

im 99% sure user is asian
unless the "you" in "you white people" is not refering to user...

In the name of jesus

[SD]happynoobing wrote:

Anh_Hung_Rom_1 wrote:To user,

Kinda strange coming a white woman right? You white people are used to hearing native Chinese people mispronouncing words, how's does it feel now that the table has turned bitches?

Just kidding about the bitches part btw. I love you all.

Rom.

im 99% sure user is asian

@[SD]happynoobing, I'll be anything you want me to be

@Anh_Hung_Rom_1l, from the statement under the video

all those youtube language specialists say she has a chinese accent but i cant hear jack

, it clearly indicated my take on the story, which she is accent-free.

iGod wrote:In the name of jesus

that you are off topic?

yea now that i listened to it (i was at work earlier), she does have a cantonese accent when speaking both mandarin and english.

user wrote:

[SD]happynoobing wrote:

Anh_Hung_Rom_1 wrote:To user,

Kinda strange coming a white woman right? You white people are used to hearing native Chinese people mispronouncing words, how's does it feel now that the table has turned bitches?

Just kidding about the bitches part btw. I love you all.

Rom.

im 99% sure user is asian

@[SD]happynoobing, I'll be anything you want me to be

@Anh_Hung_Rom_1l, from the statement under the video

all those youtube language specialists say she has a chinese accent but i cant hear jack

, it clearly indicated my take on the story, which she is accent-free.

iGod wrote:In the name of jesus

that you are off topic?

Hi user, (what a general name btw)

1. Happynoobing was correct about my intention. I was referring to "the other white people".
2. My comment was not to demean, to oneUp anyone. Just sort of a dark humor if you're into that kinda thing.
3. I couldn't careless if you're asian whateverr.
4. I agree, Asians can be anything. Like Michael Jackson. LOL

have a good day guys,
Rom.

yeah its a small accent not a real big one