What's he singing?
March 10, 2006 3:10 PM   Subscribe

Anyone know what language this slick kid is singing in?

It’s a mixture of English and...what? I’m pretty sure it’s not Tagalog or Chinese. Thai? Bahasa? Korean? Bonus points for a translation.
posted by mono blanco to Media & Arts (3 answers total)
 
Vietnamese.
posted by Etaoin Shrdlu at 3:34 PM on March 10, 2006


Best answer: Definitely Vietnamese. My wife (who's from Saigon) was cracking up over it, because the kid's singing like "I'm number one, I'm sexy, I'm hot, all the chicks dig me" kind of stuff.

She also thinks she's seen it before, on one of the very many "Paris By Night" DVDs. The variety/vaudeville tradition is alive and well in the US ex-pat Vietnamese community.
posted by AmbroseChapel at 9:41 PM on March 10, 2006


Response by poster: Thanks, AmbroseChapel. I never would've guessed Vietnamese. The kid's got a future. At least until he turns 13.
posted by mono blanco at 1:49 AM on March 11, 2006


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