so brilliant people of CB... i have to learn how to speak english with a chinese accent for a play *among other things* that we`re doing in school. any tips?

South Park! The Chinese dude in the Mongolians episodee!

He pronounced city as "shetty" and Mongolian as "Mongorian."

Pronounce think as "tink." That's how my mom says it. And no as.. "naoo". Umm sorta.

And maybe say something like "aii yaaa" (It means.. "Oh my gosh!" in Mandarin, I think) or "waaa" (I think that's how you say wow in Mandarin.) once in a while.

I wouldn't really know that much.. My friends say that I don't sound like an Asian at all.

THIS THREAD IS BAKLA. I started something like this a few months ago. But it was the Filipino FOB version.

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Get 'he' & 'she' mixed up - Omfg my mom does this all the time. So does her friends. -.-
And.. don't use those common words like the, don't, will, can, can't, etc.
IE: I [can] speak perfect English-y.

And like, say WEIIII or ayee a lot.

Practice makes perfect. Go out there and talk with parents or go to Chinatown. I would just go to a friends' house and have a conversation in Engilsh with them.

Just add random CHING CHANG CHONGs into whatever you say.

For example: "Madam, can you tell me where the CHING CHANG CHONG bathroom is?"

Say aiii-yahh a lot. Mix up your grammar. Make things plural. Confuse past and present tense. Watch Yan Can Cook and that Crazy Asian Mother video on YouTube.

Don't you dare insult Martin Yan. That's like making fun of Bob Ross.

Mix up your words. Talk liiick disss.

idk, but i'm talkin to some chinese kid right now!!! lol.

and he just told his sister that i said she didn't pay me enough and now she's mad! haha. but anyways, I'm trying to take notes from him right now. lol.

What are you, some kinda whore?

Definitely use the phrase "Pesi-Cora".

YEAH. "aiyaaaaaaw!"

Wax on, Wax off.

Just call Kevin.

Basically:
- prounounce "I" as "Ah"
- cut off ending consonants often
- think short, abrupt sounds
- making your vowel "i"'s sound like "ee" (i.e., think = theenk)
- exaggerate tone differences, try and use strange accents on various syllables and words

Regular:
"I don't know what you're talking about."

Chinese:
"Ah do no wut youuu ah taw-keeng ahbowt."

get your l's and r's a bit confused.
dont' always finish saying a word. instead of "world," say worl.
randomly act frustrated with a word and then blurt it out in chinese and be like AH, like -english word-

just accent random things, watch fobby things on youtube, you'll do great.

gah, that seems difficult.

duuude if you came to my school, I know the perfect person you should talk to.. they'd really help you cause they made a joke about it for our school's proformance thinger majiger.

^ Are you thinking about the same person I'm thinking of? MRS. WU!! That lady is like. Crazy. "Monitas off! Why you still playeeng game?! I come smack you!"

Best class ever.

A few more things to add:
- stress on wrong syllables in a word
- utter every syllable in a word seperately
- add "ah", "la" or "lor" to the end of your sentences

lol funny things you guys said, make it funny. just skip some words like...what u doinnng. not what are you doing

ching chang chonggggggggggggg

Have any mainstream chinese friends? Or know of any? Talk to them and just listen.

i have some chinese friends but they don`t have chinese accents at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnloiM-0Ns

Oh, and if you're planning to say any letters, pay close attention to these ones:

- F: "eff" regular, "EFFu" in Chinese accent.
- H: "eiksch" regular, "AKE-chue" in Chinese accent
- L: "elle" regularly, "ELLE-o" in a Chinese accent.
- R: "are" regular, "ARE-lo" in Chinese accent.

This is mostly for Cantonese, though.