We’ve been in Vietnam for nearly 3 weeks so far so you’d think we’d have a decent grasp on basic key phrases, especially since we’ve had help along the way from locals to fine tune our pronunciation. Pronunciation really matters here. The same word said w different intonation can have up to 6 different meanings. So it was a little disappointing last night when we learned that instead of saying “thank you” & “fresh beer”, we most likely have been saying “shut up” & “smelly beer”. Perhaps that’s why people have been smiling & laughing at us. Fuck.