Nothing is more important when you're traveling than learning about the culture of the lands you're going to visit, and that includes attempting to learn a few basic phrases in the local language. At least that's what I thought before we planned to visit Vietnam. It's not a matter of buying a Vietnamese phrase book and memorizing a few phrases. Your whole mouth and tongue has to learn to shape itself into different tones to reproduce the various vowel sounds, and meanings can hinge on a subtle tone shift. Being from Texas, I've always been vowel challenged anyway. My goal is to be able to order the fresh Vietnamese
bia hơi to go with my
Bún bò Huế. After all,
Ăn kĩ no lâu, cày sâu tốt lúa!
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