Putting a Singaporean and a Malaysian together definitely made it tricky.

@JosephOccenoBFH

4 ай бұрын

And they're both ethnic Chinese ..

@Kane_2001

4 ай бұрын

​@@JosephOccenoBFHMalaysia not etnic chinese

@JeraldEvans

4 ай бұрын

@@JosephOccenoBFHMalaysians and singaporeans can tell the accents apart.

@sukarap7754

4 ай бұрын

@@Kane_2001 Malaysia has 3 ethnic group which is Malay, Chinese, and Indian. So this one is definitely a Chinese!

@Kane_2001

4 ай бұрын

​@@sukarap7754and cannot considered as Malaysia

Finally a good representative of the philippines. She has the most common filipino english accent

@theaterofsouls

4 ай бұрын

yep

@bencodykirk

4 ай бұрын

Very easy to guess! As easy as the Indian accent to me.

@sarang_anica7040

4 ай бұрын

Maraming salamat po 😊😊😊

@anaksubu6138

4 ай бұрын

Not the most common though.

@renaultellis6188

4 ай бұрын

#4 uses collegiate accent, much different from the accent of politicians and the thick Filipino accent by the masses

The lady of US did a good job guessing most of them , even when she got "wrong" Malaysia 🇲🇾 when they lady said she lived in Singapore as well , excellent Brooke 😂

@jurgnobs1308

4 ай бұрын

but both of those countries also have multiple ethnic groups with quite distinct accents. so, that's difficult she got the region right haha not sure why she thought 3 is pakiszani though

@lovindessky408

4 ай бұрын

The Malaysian one should be a pure Malay la haiyaaaa

@ThorNado24

4 ай бұрын

The guesser was not familiar with Malaysian conversation.

@ThorNado24

4 ай бұрын

@@lovindessky408 The Malaysian lady did not use "lah" or "can".

@lovindessky408

4 ай бұрын

@@ThorNado24 bo ho sey la😆 they should invite someone who can speak both language malay&english fluently. Haiyaaa Here in Malaysia they mostly dont know how to speak malay fluently then claim themselve as a Malaysian and participated such program. They should be shame. We might be same as Malaysian but we malay and chinese is different whenever we speak english. She exposed english malaysia as chinese people not the nationality..Malaysia.

For the longest time I’ve always seen Americans as bad at languages because most of them have a monolingual background. It’s refreshing to see someone who’s actually aware of languages and geography. And considering she is monolingual she actually did a good job distinguishing those accents so good job very smart lady

@aero.l

4 ай бұрын

Staged.

@S3verance

4 ай бұрын

faxx

@DanielLee-qz1yd

4 ай бұрын

This is an American living abroad lol. Being a little knowledgeable is sorta required

@noyjess

4 ай бұрын

and shes cute right?

@user-kk5bc3fm7w

4 ай бұрын

Now arent you just stereotyping now?

Philippines and Indian accent has their very distinctive sound sound she really did not have a hard time with those two. Still the way she was able guess Hong Kong was extremely impressive for a westerner. Most people dont know even the existence of Cantonese. Also, did anyone else thought the Singapore one sounded like Japanese speaker on the first line?

@MrJeszam

4 ай бұрын

Yes. I thought the 3rd girl is Japanese. So Kawaii hahaha

@xXxSkyViperxXx

4 ай бұрын

i think cantonese is more well known in the US because most of their historical chinese americans are mostly cantonese or taishanese

@IOADESTOYER

4 ай бұрын

@@xXxSkyViperxXx I live in the USA, most Asians get surprised if a nonAsian person even mentions Cantonese/Mandarin. They just say Chinese.

@xXxSkyViperxXx

4 ай бұрын

@@IOADESTOYER yeah but the usual "chinese" people think about there in the states seems to usually be historically cantonese or taishanese and now these days, mandarin cuz a lot of mandarin migrants there these days. the names of the chinese food there in the states are mostly in cantonese, like chop suey, dim sum, wonton, bok choy, kumquat, chow mein, yi mein, lo mein, etc.

@IOADESTOYER

4 ай бұрын

@@xXxSkyViperxXx All those things, Chinese Americans think doesn't matter, non Asians in USA don't even know the existence if anything but Chinese.

Indians & Filipinos' English accents are quite distinct for the world's English speakers, as these two countries are the main source of overseas Call Centres Support. Many people around the English speaking world would have had "familiar" with their accents, from the 1990 - 2023.

@haikalshahalam1584

4 ай бұрын

India accent so funny 😂 like indo 😅😂

@emotionalIntelligence2078

4 ай бұрын

Filipinos are better than us Indians- as far as call center kind of services are concerned.

@abcdefghi2302

4 ай бұрын

​@@emotionalIntelligence2078you are Muslim or mallu

@abcdefghi2302

4 ай бұрын

​@@haikalshahalam1584Malaysia is joke

@haikalshahalam1584

4 ай бұрын

@@abcdefghi2302 Malaysia so nice country

I'm a malaysian and I instantly recognized my fellow accent. Also indian and philippines is easy as well since their accent is stronger. Was thinking 3 was japanese or taiwanese until the part where she talks about her favourite color, the singlish just went wild haha

@danielch6662

4 ай бұрын

Before that, they were reading prepared text. The test was supposed to detect accents.

@we_want_SHINEE_worldtours

4 ай бұрын

The longer I live/work in the West the hard for me to distinguish Msian and Singapore accent.., esp the younger generation

@jackstone2482

3 ай бұрын

Are you sure?! Please do some research before speaking lies! The only group of Filipinos who got that weird thick accent are the Tagalogs and the uneducated on es who learned English from the street! The rest speaks like perfect American accent!

@SleepyGalaxy.channel

3 ай бұрын

I mean ALL OF THEM has accents that are strong. But you mean malay, singsporean, and hong kong'er have UNFAMILIAR accents.

@DominikPlaylists

Ай бұрын

@@we_want_SHINEE_worldtours because there is no Singaporean and Malaysian accent. Both places have many accents based on ethnic roots and generations.

Friendly, knowledgeable, and with a wide vocabulary. Keep Brooke!!

@stephenrowell9373

4 ай бұрын

Completely agree .

I’m singaporean. And I wouldn’t have guessed #3 was singapore. Not to invalidate her. It was a possible accent. But in my circles, it’s not a common accent. Singapore may be small, but there are very distinct accents (along a continuum) especially between socio-ethnic groups

@Mattmerrison

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it didn’t sound like Singlish at all. I would’ve guessed Japanese

@leoesque2803

4 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Mattmerrisonwhat do you mean? Singlish is a creole SG accent is an accent. Singaporeans don’t need to use Singlish to sound Singaporean.

@eseetoh

4 ай бұрын

Ya her accent is so not like most Singaporeans. The Malaysian girl spoken more like a Singaporean. Not surprising as both countries speaks English the same.

@InfernoXV

4 ай бұрын

she sounds more like she spent her formative years in china… and with a name like jing…

@helloimsmexyK

4 ай бұрын

The give away was the attempt to try to be clear with their pronunciation and everything goes wrong when they put an extra R at the end of words without a R OLIVIA not OLIVIER I agree there’s different accents within Singapore but I’ve noticed this trend even amongst the different accents

I can see why she didn't exactly get Singapore and Malaysia right, because both countries used to be one country called Malaya under the British at one time, the cultures and language spoken is very very close. Even the way English is spoken and the accents would have been challenging to tell apart. The 2 countries are very close in proximity, the land crossing between Singapore and Malaysia is one of the busiest in the world, and Singaporeans and Malaysians often have family in either country. So Singapore and Malaysia would have been a huge challenge, and even more so when you consider that both countries have multi-cultural Chinese, Malay and Indian populations as citizens, among other ethnicities. So yes, BIG challenge there! The other 3 English accents from the Philippines, Hongkong and India are definitely more distinct. I'm from Singapore, and sometimes it's hard for me to tell Singapore and Malaysia accents apart when both are speaking English. It's like how it's sometimes hard to tell a Canadian from an American, 'cos the accents sound quite close.

@nickgoh8947

4 ай бұрын

As Malaysia is predominately of 68% Malay-origin, they should invite a Malay-Muslim ethnicity girl to present "Malaysia", as a Malay girl's spoken English will be quite distinct because of the Malay-Austronesian Langue influences & accent. Although the Chinese-Malaysian accent is also quite distinct, but this girl who has grown up in Singapore will not be a very good sample representation for Chinese-Malaysian Accent English, for that matter. For the record as of 2022, Singapore is ranked number 1 in Asia for English proficiency, followed by Malaysia. And as for the last girl from Hong Kong, i was very impressed by her spoken English because she doesn't has the "Hongkie-Cantonese-accent" -- good for her.

@aqildarwisy-np3ds

4 ай бұрын

but , malays is dominant population in malaysia

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@nickgoh8947nope. She does have Hong Kong accent and it’s too obvious. Just because Singapore is ranked number one it doesn’t mean the whole nation speak the same way anyway.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

So what if malay is the dominant race? You are just a racist anyway

@nuhakemilia

4 ай бұрын

@@tevikumares5022 of course if a singaporean learn and are quiet fluent in certain accent, they will sound different. but it's also correct that singaporean do have their own way on speaking english.

Fish time of someone from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 on World Friends , cool , but i think the best part of the video is the new US member , what a smart and lovely lady , she guessed right way more than she could thought 😊

@SuperYikisWEIRD

4 ай бұрын

I’m from Hong Kong 🇭🇰:)

@pengkun2237

4 ай бұрын

Chinese Hongkong

@DudiMr

4 ай бұрын

I got Hong Kong!

@austintandoc8187

4 ай бұрын

I’m not from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (I’m from Philippines 🇵🇭) but I’m proud to finally have a representative from Hong Kong 🇭🇰❤

@yukisakura9582

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

Good presentation of the Philippines, the accent is spot on! India and Philippines are the most distinct!

@izzrafael2591

4 ай бұрын

really???hahahahahaha funny!!!

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4 ай бұрын

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@greysnake2903

3 ай бұрын

​@@izzrafael2591 Hahahahahaaha 🤡😂🤡

@phil-amvlogsi8359

3 ай бұрын

@@izzrafael2591 What is there to laugh about? The reason for this is, India and the Philippines are on the top five English Speaking countries in the world today (as a second language, such as the Philippines has two languages, Primary is Tagalog and English is second, . The Philippines has been under the US since 1898. Some Asian countries go to the Philippines to learn English. I remember an English teacher of mine from the Philippines who said that she was one of the first teachers in English in Singapore. iThey hired many of them because Singaporeans did not know English then a few decades ago.

The thing with Singaporean is they have two different accents when speaking casually and formally. I can tell the singaporean girl try so hard to speak formally, if she try speak like she speak to her friend im sure everybody can guess it.

@yepitiyep

5 күн бұрын

dude, you're so right about this. They try to mask it.

@madero-jb5ri

4 күн бұрын

The same goes for the Filipinos, but it doesn't matter if they try. You can clearly hear their accent.

A good tricky one would be a korean person who learned fluent english the philippines. A lot of the times, you cant distinguish them from a filipino. That could make it a fun twist for these kinds of video.

I live in Singapore for 25 yrs...and I cannot guess the number 3. Shes probably from Mainland China and migrated to Singapore. The common accent for Singaporean is actually number 2.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

Explain why she was educated in jurong primary school and grew up in Singapore? And explain why her surname Quah is only found in Malaysia and Singapore only?

@Junaespaa

4 ай бұрын

yes...malaysian and singapore have the similar accent

@ABC-ed8cg

2 ай бұрын

@tevikumares5022 So it turns out that she’s actually a Malaysian who lived in Singaporean since a young age. But the accent is unmistakable. Chinese is her first language.

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

@@ABC-ed8cg exactly my point. Just because someone who speaks Chinese as her first language it doesn’t mean she is from China. Close to 29 percent of Singaporeans speak Chinese as their first language so who are you to judge anyway?

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

@@ABC-ed8cg and she is now a Singaporean citizen not Malaysian citizen anymore

i feel with singapore and malaysia, you'll need to have them talk longer to be able to discern their accents. putting those two next to each other was definitely a challenge. it wasn't until jing talked about her favourite colour that i could tell she was SG. while the accents are _similar_ the slang they use, the arrangement of the words, their intonation and etc are different from MY. this was a really cool video tho, US guest was really good at guessing and describing accents. linguist perhaps?

@trewqqwerty3857

4 ай бұрын

When she said like is a dead giveaway basically for singaporean

As a Malaysian who went through public school and university in England, and practised as a London Barrister, I think my English language proficiency is up to UK standard. Unfortunately, when I was applying to Georgia Tech for a Masters degree, they said that their regulations stated that only graduates from American universities or citizens from a small set number of countries like UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were deemed to be able to satisfy their English language entry requirements. When I politely and sarcastically wrote back to them questioning their logic, they insisted that because I was not a British citizen, I still had to do the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) to prove my English language proficiency!

@yurikoyahiko9817

4 ай бұрын

Because it's not your first language no matter how good you are in English, it's their requirement and you just have to abide.

@kokliangchew3609

4 ай бұрын

Only graduates from American universities and not British universities satisfy their English language requirements? And I thought that the English language originated from England and not the USA?

@yskwong

4 ай бұрын

I'm a Malaysian, Cantonese tribe. Funny thing is, English is actually my first language. All other languages/dialects that I speak fluently, which includes Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, they are all translated from English straight from my mind, as English is my thought-process. I had to take TOEFL/IELTS after my college days, for my application into UK/US universities. I ended up in US for my under/post grad.

@kokliangchew3609

4 ай бұрын

As I had my education in the UK, I actually put English as my first language in an application to another American university. But as my citizenship was still Malaysian, they refused to accept that English was my first language and said that as a Malaysian, my first language was Malay! Go figure :) @@yskwong

@tedee4897

4 ай бұрын

we are are unqiue in our own accents!

1:16 I think what many foreigners don’t understand that English speakers from these countries are not on the same situation like Koreans or Japanese speaking English, because unlike in Korea or Japan, English is actually an official language where they come from. In their counties, the language is used as the medium of instruction at school. In countries like India, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, English is so important that for some segments of the population it becomes their first language. It’s the language they use at home with their family. So they ARE native speakers, just like any other native speakers from the US or from the UK. I personally know people from Malaysia and Singapore who speak English as their first language, but they still retain their uniqueness, which is why they call their brand of English: Manglish and Singlish. They have their own vocabulary and sentence structures that are unique to them. That being said, I wouldn’t be able to differentiate between Singlish and Manglish speakers either. But India and Philippines here is a dead giveaway. 😁 It’s really different from, say, my own country Indonesia, where English is considered a foreign language just like French, Russian, Dutch, Vietnamese or Swahili.

@jimgorycki4013

4 ай бұрын

Malaysia and Singapore speak English, Malay, Tamil, and English. #2 is from Malaysia and #3 is from Singapore, though their accents are different. Like Malay and mandarin influences.

@dragoneer121

4 ай бұрын

Yeah all of these countries where at one point part of the British Empire and The Phillipines were controlled by the Americans after the Spanish were kicked out. I imagine Malaysians closer to the border sound more similar to singaporeans anyway.

@darkmoney7762

4 ай бұрын

Hard to distinguish between Malaysians, Singaporeans and Cantonese because they all have Chinese accent when speaking in English. It would be a bit challenging to guess India if a Pakistani was added to the mix. Filipino accent is way too unique among other English speaking Asian countries I can't think of a certain group of people from Asia that would sound the same as them.

@user-jt3dw6vv4x

4 ай бұрын

@@darkmoney7762 Malaysians and Singaporeans don't have a Chinese accent and the Malaysian and Singaporean accents are actually very different to Chinese accents.

@darkmoney7762

4 ай бұрын

​@@user-jt3dw6vv4xGuess you're right. Perhaps I'm just more exposed to Malay-Chinese and Singaporean Chinese that it has become like my general perception of Malay and Singaporean English accents. And everytime I hear Chinese speak English, they pronounce sentences as if they don't have spaces which is what I also hear from Malay-Chinese and Singaporean Chinese.

The singaporean doesn't sound singaporean and i'm from singapore 😅 She was likely borned in China and then migrated here thus the hint of china accent that everyone is talking about in the comment section.

Wow, I'm from Malaysia and I could only be sure about the Indian and Phillipines accent. The SG & MY are so similar and I thought no.5 is from Korea 😅

Those who are really good English speakers in the Philippines use neutral accent. That is also usually taught in schools

@DaveChuaa

4 ай бұрын

She has Filipino neutral accent actually. But there is something in a Filipino accent that is easily recognizable.

@mountainrock7682

4 ай бұрын

​@@DaveChuaaOur plosives

@moymoythehappymonkey3155

4 ай бұрын

​@@DaveChuaawell we Filipinos pronounce "A" like "UH" (ex. BAT is pronounced as BUT) and I think that's the most recognizable accent for a Filipino.

@moymoythehappymonkey3155

4 ай бұрын

And aside from that, Filipino do also pronounce X like GZ for example EXIT is pronounced as EGGZIT😂

@edwinholcombe2741

4 ай бұрын

No one has a neutral accent. The Filipina here was quite good but not representative of English spoken by Filipinos.

I think Philippines is very easy to guess. It's neutral, but distinct.

@AngryKittens

4 ай бұрын

The thing that sets it apart from all the other accents in this group is that it's distinctly AMERICAN. Philippine English is based on (General) American English, as a former American colony, and it is distinctly rhotic (the R is pronounced before consonants). It is most similar to the English accents in the Pacific Islands. In contrast to India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, which are based on (RP) British English as former UK colonies. They are non-rhotic (the R disappears before consonants, so words like "farm" would be pronounced like "fahm").

@jisookruzat

4 ай бұрын

No it is not neutral. It is quite distinctive

@jisookruzat

4 ай бұрын

The way she said "stare'' the consonants and vowels

@AngryKittens

4 ай бұрын

@@jisookruzat What are you even talking about. That's exactly how "stare" is pronounced with a General American accent, which again, is what Philippine English is based on. In BRITISH English, it becomes something like "steh".

@jisookruzat

3 ай бұрын

@@AngryKittens you wouldn't get it

#1, #4 and #5 were quite obvious after a few sentences of speaking. #2 was either Malaysia or Singapore, because that's how it sounds like over there. #3 was definitely not a good example of Singapore. Even I thought she was from Taiwan with that cutesy voice, and that's likely why Brooke guessed Japan initially, except she didn't have problems with b/v and r/l. But Pakistan?

@yangtzeling7468

4 ай бұрын

Agree #3 was a horrendous choice. And that cutesy voice is OMG 🙄.

@Tangerine-Singapore

4 ай бұрын

Ya, number 3 is a bad choice to represent singaporeans.... -.-

As someone born in Singapore who has Hong Kong ancestry and friends, no.2 sounds more Singaporean than no. 3. No.3 sounds like she was not born in Singapore, but probably from China. No.5 doesn't sound like a Hong Kong accent. I thought she was from China too.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

Nope. No 3 was educated in jurong primary school and grows up in Singapore and she may have spoken singlish but she decided to change her English to make everyone understand her. No 5 on the other hand sounds very Hong Kong.

@ABC-ed8cg

2 ай бұрын

@tevikumares5022 Stop spreading your lies everywhere. #3 is from Malaysia and she moved to Singapore. She definitely speaks Malaysian mandarin at home which explains her weird twang. No Singaporeans speak like that. Singaporean mandarin sounds different from Malaysian mandarin so even mandarin-speaking Singaporeans don’t sound like that when speaking English.

First time to leave a comment on KZread. Glad to see someone from Hong Kong but not only from China anymore. As many of you may not know, Cantonese actually has much longer history than Mandarin. It keeps more ancient Chinese characteristics than Mandarin. So it’s much more interesting to compare it with other Asian languages.

@Mattmerrison

4 ай бұрын

I’ve been wanting to hear Cantonese on the channel so now I’m excited!

@XLNNN

4 ай бұрын

Cantonese sounds like Vietnamese so the girl's first guess was pretty close

@sw36jl

4 ай бұрын

Cantonese does not have a longer history that is disingenious. What you mean to say is Cantonese retains more of the original sounds of Middle Chinese. Mandarin is also an evolution of Middle Chinese, but is the dominant one spoken in the North China Plain. Yue aka Cantonese only split off and diverged from the North China Plain during the Song to Yuan Dynasties from Middle Chinese. In a way, it would be more accurate to say Mandarin is older than Cantonese if we were to carry on with this line of thinking, as Cantonese split from Middle Chinese in 1000 ad approx. Tl;dr: You cannot say Cantonese is older than Mandarin as they both share the same roots. It is however true Cantonese is like a FOSSIL for what Chinese used to sound like.

@LamHei624

4 ай бұрын

@@sw36jl Cantonese does have longer history and also keeps more characteristics of ancient Chinese. The earliest record would be the time that Qin Shi Huang conquered the Baiyue and brought the ‘Yayan’ (so-called authentic Chinese at that time) there. Another significant period would the time that of the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians（304-316). Many people, especially the rich people and the scholars ran from the north to the south. These people were relatively insistent about their traditions, cultures and language. They bulit walls to surround their homes and intentionally isolated themselves from the others. To a certain extent, these made ancient Chinese was well kept in the Southern China than the Northern China. It eventually mixed with some local dialects and developed into Cantonese. On the other hand, the language in the Northern China (or the Central plains) was merged with many other languages of the Barbarians because of wars, immigrations, etc. And then eventually become Mandarin that people speak nowadays. To be fair, none of them can be called the Authentic Chinese’ but they do develop from the same origin. However, Mandarin is mixed with other languages dialects more than the Cantonese does. So it would be more interesting to study Cantonese if you are intrigued how the ancient Chinese sounds.

@li_tsz_fung

4 ай бұрын

I speak Cantonese, i'm from Hong Kong. I hate mainland mandarin. But just stop these Cantonese propaganda. We love our language. But language is language. Average hong konger don't know much about the language, stop pretend like you know Cantonese is better. What if someone proves that Hakka is objectively better than Cantonese? Make similar to the "real Chinese" "more traditional" "kept the most traditional phonetic features so it's the best for 唐詩" Do we all just switch to Hakka and dump Cantonese? We love Cantonese because we grow up speaking it. And Hong Kong had its best time with its cultural export. That's it.

For Singapore, they should put a Malay representative next time. Just for a totally different accent. 🇸🇬

@shane1948

4 ай бұрын

Lol that is more fitting for Malaysia

@izzrafael2591

4 ай бұрын

so stupid bitter haha LMAO

@justinkongy

4 ай бұрын

​@@izzrafael2591what n why bitter, merely a suggestion 😅oh come on

@Gpower188

4 ай бұрын

Actually the Singapore sounds more like a prc turned Singaporean accent..

@justinkongy

4 ай бұрын

@@Gpower188 n her name was jingx2? Some giveaway there

"India and Philippine's accent is very distinct".. dude, wherever you go, there will always be an Indian or a Filipino in the workforce, tech, or medical. How can you not get used to it. Shoutout to my Indian brothers and sisters out there! Lol

@sahilverma7045

4 ай бұрын

Are you an American? I heard shootout

@danielch6662

4 ай бұрын

Work on getting an Italian accent.

@giwibrion3356

4 ай бұрын

If you mean by distinct is recognizable nobody can argue with that if comparing the two nationality by thier accent. Filipino has more docile tongue compare to Indians who are more rigid.

@emmap3725

3 ай бұрын

​@@giwibrion3356That's true!

@armanvarona1326

12 күн бұрын

All facts I'm here in UK my workmates were from this two countries 🤣

For me, #2 sounds like singaporean and malaysian chinese. The way they speak quite similar. Malay english sounds a bit different. But i never guess #3 is from singapore. I thought no. 3 is from korea or japan. lol 😂

INDIA, THE PHILIPINES, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE & HONG KONG.

In Malaysia and Singapore we also have "bahasa rojak(mix languages)" basically combined languages of Malay,English,Mandarin,Tamil or others native languages.

Number 3 doesn’t have a common Singaporean accent. She sounds foreign; most Chinese Singaporeans don’t sound like that. Even if she’s not Chinese she still doesn’t sound Singaporean

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

That’s because she is not one of the “most Singaporean chinese”.

@kittybaby269

4 ай бұрын

From China probably

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

@@kittybaby269 nope. She wasn’t even born there. She attended primary school in Singapore and grows up in Singapore

@user-rdgfkl0956yt

4 ай бұрын

The plain and simple truth is this tevikumares account and jennylawrence are both her and she is a foreigner going around masquerading as a Singaporean then trying to bash anyone who calls her out.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

Really? You are seriously in denial actually. jennylawrence even asked me the language I typed and you dare to accuse me?

Malaysian and Singaporean (Chinese speaking English) is like comparing USA and Canada English. Both 99% same.

@Anon-cv7ru

4 ай бұрын

Tell them to speak in mandarin and it will become clear very fast... they both have unique terms native to Malaysia and Singapore..

@PassionPno

4 ай бұрын

Actually, English-educated Chinese-Malaysians and Mandarin-educated Chinese-Malaysians have different accents.

singlish accent quite distinctive, super easy to pick up, more like the 2nd person

Sis is so knowledgeable, I'm learning from her keep it up Brooke

Lady from US is very smart. Good guess.

you can't really tell a Singaporean from the accent of our spoken English. We have so many different races here that all of us actually have different accents. You can however tell a Singaporean from our sentence syntax. Give us free reign to speak and you can pick us out in a crowd based on how our sentences are structred.

@psoon04286

4 ай бұрын

You should give an example of free-reign Singlish, Kenneth😄

@myst7383

3 ай бұрын

​@@psoon04286when #3 was describing what colour she liked, the sentence just give way. That's such a common way of informal speaking in Singapore

Not gonna lie, the US lady did an excellent job! She must be genius that her guess close to 70% accurate? She guessed the num. 2 was from MY on the first, but it's probbly cause her (num. 2) accent was too influenced by the singlish accent which still strong though, then the US lady changed her bet. For num. 3 it's sounds like her accent was slightly differ from the common SG accent, maybe (?) Since i have several friends from SG, and their accent sounds different than this one. Then means no chance.

@4b1dd3n

4 ай бұрын

Honestly, its quite hard to tell apart the Malaysian and Singaporean english accent, they're really quite similar. The shortened words and the flow are very close. When I travel, its easy to recognise a Malaysian or Singaporean when they start speaking, but gets more difficult pin pointing which of these two countries they are from. Infact, just listen to the question asking about their favourite colour, you can clearly tell no.3 was speaking either Singlish or Manglish, no other two countries speak this way.

@PakYuHoe

4 ай бұрын

Indeed

@user-on6rg8tf6l

4 ай бұрын

@@4b1dd3n quite different, eg the "for us" singaporean pronounced as for ahs, while malaysian pronounced as for erhs.

I actually thought no.2 sounds more singaporean than no.3. But No 2 is Malaysian and I believe No 3 may have come from Singapore and prob have lived in S'pore for quite some time but not Singaporean. She sounds hesitant when she speaks, unlike most educated Singaporeans who speak English like they firing a machine gun. And then she said her name is Jing, so most likely a Chinese immigrant that have been in Singapore for quite some time. Singaporean Chinese don't usually have a name that goes by Jing which sounds more like a mainland chinese name but she looks more Japanese. Also a Singaporean don't usually speak in such soft manner.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

With all due respects, I have seen many Singaporean Chinese using pinyin given names and not every Singaporean Chinese is going to speak the same accent anyway

@haroldzee2978

4 ай бұрын

Actually, a lot of young Chinese singaporean given names are pin-yin based. For instance, their surname can be "Ng" which is a Cantonese sounding surname, but their given name is in Pin-yin, which is based on Mandarin.

@BatroSkywatcher

4 ай бұрын

To me she sounds like she’s the 2nd or 3rd generation of her family who migrated from China. Probably studied in a Chinese school and doesn’t interact much with other races when growing up.

@auriagold3002

4 ай бұрын

I literally call my Singaporean born friend Jing LOL

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

And by the way please explain why she was educated in jurong primary school and grew up in Singapore and her surname Quah is only found in Malaysia and Singapore?

That is NOT a Singaporean accent. I was HORRIFIED when she revealed she was from Singapore. Please do not believe that's what a Singaporean sounds like.

@MrChan0458

4 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more

@NeutralDice

4 ай бұрын

I thought she was Chinese

@InfernoXV

4 ай бұрын

def from china

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

That’s because you think you guys know better when clearly not every Singaporean is going to speak the same accent anyway.

@Eminence_in_shadow

4 ай бұрын

if singaporean speak eloquently it will sound like Jing not the normal Singlish

Really like the episode!! Well done production team:)😊😊😊

Brooke wearing glasses makes her look really smart! 🤓

Brooke’s voice is so calming

love how she explains her choices with adjectives that Ive never used on how to explain someone's speaking style 🎉

She is actually very much on point of her observation. But for Filipinos born and raised in the US, they kind of adopt the intonation in the US, so it will become a bit tricky in that aspect.

@kbar6644

4 ай бұрын

well if they are born in the US, that would make them US citizens

@dannybarcenas9701

3 ай бұрын

@@kbar6644 And speaking American accent if they're raised there

Brooke is giving me a “let’s be friends” vibe ✌🏼

Because of the good representation to the Ph, I'm subscribing!!

This girl makes me proud, not only as an American, but also as a Floridian! We are stereotyped as being completely ignorant and backwards, I always want more people to see the opposite. Nice job!

@JaeohnEspheras

27 күн бұрын

Well, I take you are not a fan of Trump and/or Desantis. 😅

Most of these societies have very large differences in accents based on education, socioeconomic status, and exposure to people abroad.

@yepitiyep

4 күн бұрын

True that

I'm impressed she did that well. I watched with my eyes closed and India/Phillipines were obvious from the first second. I guessed Malaysia/Indonesia/Singapore for 2 and Chinese for 3. I thought 5 was Thai at first, but as soon as she said Hongkong I knew she was right.

Lady 2 is a better representative of a malaysian (or singaporean since she spent so much time in singapore) who is skilled in 'standard english' that is used when speaking to non-malaysian/singaporeans. 'standard english' lacks many elements in singlish and manglish. Lady 3 is less skilled in switching to 'standard english' and you can say that she is more representative of what a typical singaporean local sound like when they are speaking english

@P53eud0nym05

3 ай бұрын

No 3 doesn’t sound Singaporean at all. Heck, the Malaysian sounds more Singaporean than her. How sure are we the producers got it right?

Really glad to see Hong Kong representative in the video, thanks for the video!

She did really well, however the Pakistani guess was really bad. They basically have the same accent as Indians lol

@garimasuhani7227

4 ай бұрын

Umm no ...Indian and Pakistani does not have same accent

@user-jt3dw6vv4x

4 ай бұрын

@@garimasuhani7227 A lot of them do though

@farukhsheikh5790

4 ай бұрын

​​@@garimasuhani7227 It's mostly the same as North Indians. Watch cricket commentary, you can't distinguish it if you don't know them.

@kpopvoodoo

4 ай бұрын

​@@farukhsheikh5790no it's not as north I am telling you we don't sound like that

@demorvie

4 ай бұрын

​@@farukhsheikh5790No Pakistanis have a lot more Western/posh accent. We do not talk alike.

Indian English can be found easily even when the hearer is deaf 80%

@amaliahmontefalcodelmoral651

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. With the bobblehead.✊

@Aragorneus

4 ай бұрын

​@@amaliahmontefalcodelmoral651 you can hear a gesture ?

@yoloswag1357

3 ай бұрын

@@amaliahmontefalcodelmoral651 atleast their bobbleheads are more real than your face

Wow, brooke is really smart. English is my 3rd language and i cant tell the different between them. They sounds the same, just another person with a cute sound, with a loud sound, etc. I cant tell the accent :')

If you want to see this in a historical background, Singaporean Malaysian Indian and Hong Kongers use British spelling due to them being former British Colonies while the Filipino uses American English spelling since the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States 1898-1946. For the Malaysian in the video she's a Singapore Airlines crew

She was really good at this guessing game. Definitely breaking the American stereotype 👍

@katekyojp6338

4 ай бұрын

She seems like a linguist

As a Singaporean, I would say number 3's accent is not good representation of Singaporeans. She sounds like she grew up in a Chinese-speaking family or she was not born or raised here.

@tevikumares5022

4 ай бұрын

Explain why she was educated in jurong primary school and grew up in Singapore?

@ABC-ed8cg

2 ай бұрын

And that’s cos #3 is actually from Malaysia but moved to Singapore. She definitely speaks Malaysian mandarin at home which explains the weird twang. Singaporean mandarin is different from Malaysian mandarin. Hence, even with the interference of a strong Chinese accent, the English from mandarin-speaking individuals from both countries will sound different.

#3 sounded Korean English because of the R sound especially on the "Hi, my name is Olivia, nice to meet you".

Brooke has a very cute and beautiful smile and laugh. It's contagious 😍

I swear... It gets even more confusing being Singaporean now that Gen Zs are adults. Millennial and older Singaporeans would sound very similar to the Malaysian lady. Stronger Chinese/Malay/Tamil accent. The Gen Z Singaporeans are so mixed(race)+ New citizens+ consume so much tiktok till they somehow adopted all sorts of accent which sounds kinda odd at times. I have to admit, amongst the younger gen, I don't even know who's Singaporean and who's foreigner anymore in my own country.

Wow she's very intelligent

Most of them pronounce "can't" the British way which tells u they're somewhat related. And well even a Malaysian myself can't even identify no 2 and differentiate that with Singaporean 😅 no 3 does sound like a streamer tho.. To me, that HK guess is really impressive!

@jliang70

4 ай бұрын

Yes, you are right about the way people pronounce 'can't' in English, In Australia and UK it is pronounce as can't but in US it pronounce as can t.

She's very respectful and observant. I'm impressed!

The girl from Singapore seems to have a trace of Mainland Chinese accent.

@rikiyaaragaki

4 ай бұрын

that's a normal thing in singapore/malaysia

@InfernoXV

4 ай бұрын

@@rikiyaaragakino it isn’t.

@InfernoXV

4 ай бұрын

likely born and spent formative years in china

@rikiyaaragaki

4 ай бұрын

@@InfernoXV it's normal, because a lot of singaporean/malaysian didn't use local language as well, they use english with another, and their native language in the same community

@pengkun2237

4 ай бұрын

The people whose mother language is Mandarin have same accent

I think people tend to forget that in the UK although we speak English, there is always regional variations. People who come to the UK are always shocked at the differences,and when travelling in the country find it quite hard to understand these variations.

@dannybarcenas9701

3 ай бұрын

I know that Scottish Welsh the 2 Irish all have different accents

I love how you can distinguish those accents and not being racist. Im from the Philippines and live in the US but sometimes I get push back because of my accent. But i know for a fact that we can construct an English language with perfect grammar unlike those who are born and raised in the US.

@codelessunlimited7701

4 ай бұрын

Wtf is racist about stating what their expression about foreign English language. Gtfo with your woke nonsense. Everything is snowflakes and sensitive with you all!

@bukojoetheslapsoils8273

4 ай бұрын

"we can construct an English language with perfect grammar" Funny how you claim this but prove yourself wrong at the same time.

@jamesalbertserquina3460

4 ай бұрын

Hahahaha! Your paragraph is even flawed.

@rollypaga3834

4 ай бұрын

@@bukojoetheslapsoils8273 I live in the US half of my life and most Americans think they speak English better compared to other nationalities. The reason I think is because they were born in U.S. and they have this belief that no matter what they say it is a perfect English. I myself is not good in grammar when it comes to verbal English but I still can compare someone speaking grammatically good English. Here it comes.......most Americans suck in English. Peace.

Don't mind me, I'm just gonna keep repeating Brooke doing her intro here. I don't know why. Suddenly, I felt a soothing vibe running through my veins.

Wow! She did so good out of five. She got three of out five. I’m really impressed with her ability to listen that is one gift that most people are lucking now a days.

honestly , you cannot tell malaysians and Singaporeans apart solely on their english accents since we sound 99%alike , we can only tell them apart with their slang words or vocabulary used

Technically Singapore had SOOO MANY ACCENTS, for example you meet people from different households they have their own accent as well it's Abit weird. There's no one fixed accent

Gotta admit that Brooke has a really pleasant and sweet voice.

I was also very surprised a Singaporean girl would would talk like that too, but let's not argue over her representing Singapore. This channel is supposed to bring people together not divide them, so welcome newcomer Jing and all others. I find the American girl Brooke very amazing when figuring out #5. First guess was maybe Vietnam but at the end switched to Hong Kong, a small city yet very distinct. She probably has met some HKers before and come across our accent. The HK girl's way of pronouncing 'cute' should give her away as it is totally the British one. Brooke caught that detail and nailed it. You're so awesome Brooke.

No.3 sounds like those chinese livestreamers that tries to be cute💀

@tevikumares5022

Ай бұрын

Explain why her surname Quah is only found in Malaysia and Singapore only?

As a Singaporean, I could not have guessed number 3 as Singapore either HAHAHA.

@ABC-ed8cg

2 ай бұрын

And that’s cos #3 is actually from Malaysia but moved to Singapore. She definitely speaks Malaysian mandarin at home which explains the weird twang. Singaporean mandarin is different from Malaysian mandarin. Hence, even with the interference of a strong Chinese accent, the English from mandarin-speaking individuals from both countries will sound different.

Since I work abroad and many expat asian colleagues,it is very easy for me to distinguish those Asian English even they grew up from UK and Australia I still can distinguish it😅

Indian and Filipino accent are known worldwide, no problem to spot 'em

Brooke did well. Bravo 👏🏽

Jing from Singapore is definitely not 100% native Singaporean, she sounds more like a China-born native who had picked up English in her schooling years while growing up in a predominantly-Chinese-speaking household. Malaysian Hazeline definitely has the more-recognisable Singlish twang, that comes from hanging around with Singlish-speaking locals all the time. Source: native Singaporean here

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

Explain her surname Quah which is only found in Malaysia and Singapore only? And not to mention there are older generations of Singapore can't speak English let alone Singlish

Nice one, Anicadoll!

I love her energy

Grace from India is pretty, Im from PH lol 😅

If that Indian was from NorthEastern states, it would have been much more difficult to guess her out, by speak or by looks. Not everyone speaks Hindi in India.

Filipino speak straight forward

number 2 and 4 kind some similar and i like the way they soeak english its understandable and clearer for me

That Indian accent was the perfect stereotypical Indian accent...She has the perfect Indian google assistant voice😂😂

@NayanJB

4 ай бұрын

😂 Exactly, perfectly fits d stereotype.

@khamreiwonkashung1975

4 ай бұрын

​@@NayanJB lol how?

@xXxSkyViperxXx

4 ай бұрын

@@khamreiwonkashung1975if listen to some indian news outlets where they speak mostly in english, u can hear there's a distinctive indian accent. this lady speaks that sort of accent. the indian call centers and also the scammers also speaks with that accent, so many can tell it is a uniquely indian accent of english.

@kaishoney9783

4 ай бұрын

actually she sounded like a latina too.. she sounds indian but idk... i hear latina too hahaha

Welcome Anika, new girl from Philippines! 😃

@bokchoy9632

4 ай бұрын

Ano ito squad? Temporary employee lang sila

@bokchoy9632

4 ай бұрын

Ano ito squad? Temporary employee lang sila

@sarang_anica7040

4 ай бұрын

Maraming salamat po sa suporta! 😊

@JosephOccenoBFH

4 ай бұрын

@@sarang_anica7040 Hi Anica. Enjoy your stay in Korea! 😃

Great Topic World Frends

Round 4 really helped make their accents sound more distinctive haha

Even as an actual Singaporean I’m having a hard time between 2 and 3

How to tell the Hong Kong accent is that some words are spoken with British accent. We were taught British English in school (unless ppl attend international schools) so you could tell when the lady said "can't", she said it with British accent. And sometimes we make mistakes saying the R sound when there's no R in the word. For example when the lady say "Oliva" she kinda said "Olivar". I think the American girl did a pretty good job guessing everyone 😆

@TheETchild

4 ай бұрын

No, hongkonger raised up in Hong Kong does not has British accent because of the Cantonese accent is very strong. They have to train the tongue muscles to change the accent. ( I’m hongkonger🇭🇰)

@pandayy8865

4 ай бұрын

@@TheETchild I'm HKers too and you didn't understand what I meant. There're certain words in English that ppl say and you can tell if it's UK accent or US accent. For example the words "can't"( you can google it yourself if you want to know the differences) Also there're certain words in English used in HK like 'lift', 'flat', 'rubbish bin' or 'rubber' which are words that is more common to use in the UK. On the contrary US will say 'elevator', 'room', 'trash can', 'eraser'. So even though that lady in the video had prominent Cantonese accent, I can hear the British accents ones in between.

@TheETchild

4 ай бұрын

@@pandayy8865 back, black, beck, bad , bed, bat, bet 👈🏻 HKers tongue speak these words are in a same pronunciation.

@pandayy8865

4 ай бұрын

@@TheETchild ok

@Minnieli2023

3 ай бұрын

I think you meant the word choice/type of English rather than the accents. I do think HK people have distinctive Cantonese accents but definitely not British accents 😅, I actually can hear similar accents from people originate from Cantonese speaking regions. the words used however, are British English, just like how Indians use it too because they were colonized by British before.

I'm from Singapore, and I would never have guessed #3 was Singaporean. 😂

the malaysian sounded like singaporean and the singaporean sounded like from china. the latter spoke english w a short tongue, thats not how our accent sound like.

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

Explain her surname Quah which is only found in Malaysia and Singapore only?

Number 3 didn't have what I would call a typical Singaporean accent. Its not to the fault of the guesser, I don't think I would have gotten it myself and I'm Singaporean.

@Drew-es7hy

2 ай бұрын

Yea coz she's actually a new citizen originally from Malaysia, doesnt speak English as her first language.. her accent already formed before she migrated to Singapore, that's why she doesn't sound Singaporean..

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

Drew-es7hy the audacity of someone who created too many YT accounts just to bash her when clearly she is way more successful than you so it's you who is being sour about her instead

@sudirmanshakir8443

2 ай бұрын

@@Drew-es7hy Sudahlah bikin urang meradang masih mau bikin jua? Kuyuk palui bakurap nada keraja bisai lagi kah?

@canarytea7094

2 ай бұрын

@@tevikumares5022 lol bashing her? In what way am I bashing her? All I and another commenter said is that her accent is not typical Singaporean. That's not an insult! What is there to be sour about? I don't know her, and have nothing against her. Why would I create accounts just to bash a stranger? Are you assuming that just because a few people have different opinions than you that they must be coming from one person with multiple accounts? I shared my own honest opinion and there isn't an ounce of malice in it. Go show this video to other Singaporeans. I bet you 9 out of 10 people would agree with me. Just because her accent is not Singaporean doesn't mean I am saying she isn't one if that's what you are misinterpreting. Accent ≠ Nationality. I am completely flabbergasted at your comment.

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

Keep on making excuses up cause people already know who you are and the comments here which is less than 2000 out of 5,600,000 proves that you are making this up to make yourself feel better when clearly you are just the very same person who got busted using the original account and then deleted it then used another account to use the same reply so enough with your insecurity already. In fact using two accounts replying here proves so

Jing doesn't sound Singaporean tbh. Her name is also a dead giveaway. Most probably a naturalized citizen. She has a hint of Chinese Chinese accent. One that is very distinct from 4th, 3rd or 2nd generation Singaporean Chinese accents. The Malaysian sounds more Singaporean than her lol

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

How do you explain her surname Quah which is only found in Malaysia and Singapore only? How do you explain many Singaporean Chinese have Chinese names in pinyin? And how do you explain many older generations of Singapore don't speak English or even Singlish? And how do you explain less than half the population of Singapore speak English as their first language?

Idk why many Filipinos seem to DENY having an ACCENT. The Filipino accent is uniquely beautiful and distinct. While the pronunciation of words may RESEMBLE the American style, the accent is unmistakably DIFFERENT. Yet, there's a persistent belief among some that they have an "American Accent". If you converse with native speakers (American), the difference is clearly audible. An accent is akin to an IDENTITY MARKER of one's nationality, something to be EMBRACED and BE PROUD OF instead of seeing it as an Insult.

@BarryL2697

3 күн бұрын

I concur

The third one was so difficult, I met quite a lot of Singaporeans, but never heard someone sounds like her.

@ABC-ed8cg

2 ай бұрын

#3 is actually from Malaysia but moved to Singapore. She definitely speaks Malaysian mandarin at home which explains the weird twang. Singaporean mandarin is different from Malaysian mandarin so even with the interference of a strong Chinese accent, the English from mandarin-speaking individuals from both countries will sound different.

@tevikumares5022

2 ай бұрын

Singaporean Mandarin is different from Malaysian Mandarin? Or you just happen to be bad in mandarin? At least she grew up in Singapore most of her life

Hong Kong accent is actually mixed with Cantonese, British English and American English 👍

There’s actually a very big tell here in way they pronounced can’t. It is different for American and British english. When they’d said the word, you could tell if they were part of a British colony or not: Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and so limit your guesses.

@dingus42

4 ай бұрын

no hate, but I never understood why american english evolved to pronounce can't like "can" and "can-t"; the british way "can" and "cun-t" is so much clearer and unambiguous

From 9:53, that's why this channel is called "World Friends". Make friends from different countries 🌎🌏🌍

love it!❤