Ms. Que Banh<p>This video resonates with me & my family a lot. However, our family's experience as <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Teochew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teochew</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarRefugees</span></a>, leaving Saigon, was a lot more nightmarish & much more violent than this Mom's experience. One of my Aunties had joined the Vietcong as a medic & communications officer, after quitting her job as an ICU nurse & lived in tunnels for several years. We also had no family or friends who were already living in North America so trying to integrate into life here was more challenging.</p><p>I can understand everything they say in Teochew. There's only a few words they say differently than we do - I'll do a video with my Mom soon to point out the differences. They speak a form of Teochew <a href="https://beige.party/tags/diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diaspora</span></a> in Vietnam, that most of us <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Gaginang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaginang</span></a> refer to as <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> villagers Teochew. We speak the Teochew that <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saigon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saigon</span></a> gaginang used since early <a href="https://beige.party/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a> from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> years back(a long, long time ago).</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/GymTavOd2vU?si=4rtnL-P01O5xTSEK" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/GymTavOd2vU?si=4rtnL-</span><span class="invisible">P01O5xTSEK</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OurPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OurPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DisctinctLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisctinctLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianDiaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsianDiaspora</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SouthEastAsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthEastAsian</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/POCvoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POCvoices</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WarSurvivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarSurvivors</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DisplacementVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisplacementVoices</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SurvivorsOfVietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurvivorsOfVietnamWar</span></a></p>