HOW TO AMERICAN: getting rid of an accent in English with Jimmy O Yang from Silicon Valley

[@LowballJim]

Thanks for such a fun interview Marina!

[@ShubhamKumar-km6zq]

Jimmy O. Yang ....hi there. I am from India...nice to watch ur interesting interview to marina...

[@weipengyu2657]

Jimmy O. Yang 好样的，😆

[@bettadais5669]

JIN YANG!!!!!!

[@刘抬头o我吻你]

Jimmy O. Yang U r welcome 哈哈

[@openUworld]

Jimmy O. Yang immigrants from UA do love you and wait for your Standup show somewhere in Florida. Good luck, man

[@salaryman540]

This is by far the best video here on this channel. Every question lets him voice his actual experience in the states and shines his personality. Thanks for doing this!

[@jasonsalz7185]

A white person move to the US, doesn't have to explain himself as much as Asian person move to the US. You get what i mean.

[@angelnunez6246]

No i dont and im mexican american go figure

[@lwwells]

The challenges arise from cultural differences, not skin color. The challenges are largely people being curious. Try being a black person visiting China...

[@originalsourpatchkid1833]

@@lwwells facts

[@mugi6674]

yes,American society is not just black-and-white.

[@weipengyu2657]

Look at the questionnaire in the 2020 census, they have every kind of Americans, but no European Americans. What do you think?

[@linguamarina]

Have you seen the Silicon Valley show? It's my favorite!! I just finished watching the new episode before uploading this video.

[@aconfusedengineer]

love from india.

[@JitendraKumar-ou2qy]

Hello marina You are amazing girl !!😘 Love from India ✌👌

[@katemilten1714]

linguamarina I’m really fond of it and of all of the serials somehow connected to entrepreneurship

[@avanishsingh9415]

I had seen the commercial few days ago and it seemed pretty interesting, but I didn't decided to go for it. After watching this awesome interview I'll watch Silicon Valley Show for sure. Please bring these kind of inspirational interviews in future also, it helps a lot. Thank You 💜💜💜 From India.

[@ReddOne249]

linguamarina When I was diving on your channel and you suggested that if you an IT you definitely recommend that movie to watch to improve our English. So I went there and I watched all the series. It's very good movie to watch. Thank @linguamarina

[@familia3sgte]

Interviewer: He represents us immigrants in the US. Gilfoyle, a Canadian: Am I a joke to you?

[@arpanbhattacharya1136]

Wait till she discovers Dinesh

[@marlonlo9661]

Hey hosier, do you know any Canadian yodel? Cuc, cuc, cuc, cuc, cuc, cuc, Koo! Hey hosier?

[@hertzollner]

Canadians are reserve Americans

[@louzer2566]

Jimmy did his interview in his pajamas, what class !

[@havok8570]

Lou Zer they're really nice pajamas. I mean, they cost $70

[@luhuang5256]

It's a tongue-in-cheek culture thing. His family is Shanghainese. Google image search for "shanghai pyjamas".

[@radioactivehands]

He's thinking of doing something afterwards

[@BIGEUROtv]

I'm Chinese (even though my name says otherwise). But it's amazing to see how different cultures understand the independent relationships we all face as immigrant cultures. We might be of different cultures, but we really are all the same. We can all be American even though we all look different. And we are all people, we are all part of the same world. Thank you Jimmy for that, we are all just American.

[@brigadecritic]

When I watch this video, it automatically takes me back to a time in my life when the world was at my feet so many dreams. Now I'm 70 and enjoy it more than ever! The chemistry between the lingua!!!

[@abishekh07]

"Errich is a fat and a poor" "I pae no rent"

[@brigadecritic]

This video was a gift… the combination of skill, passion, intuition, discipline, coolness is something that we won’t see again in our lifetime.

[@malfares88]

This is a cool interview. I had a lot of fun watching it. Thank you

[@linguamarina]

Thank you!!

[@abytebit]

Great interview

[@aungnaingshwe1014]

I love this video so much and the way he speaks English too. The interview was very nice to be watching. Thanks Marina.

[@suecampbell4811]

GREAT interview! Now if you could just get the cameraman out of the shot (mirror reflection - seriously when you looked through the lens you didn't see yourself in the mirror? WTF?????). LOVED how your sweater matched the couch and Jimmy's shirt - was that coincidence? Great questions and vibe Marina!

[@malanlk1014]

Jimmy is an awesome guy! Love him!

[@katemilten1714]

Silicon valley❤️ and your new intro is also so great! When are you going to show us your third channel? I can’t wait anymore 😊

[@goddddness361]

Kate Milten Yeah. Intro was real dope!

[@vivekdhani5683]

Kate Milten My English is not fluently , so I'm looking for a partner to do good English so that both of us will be good English. And my whatsaap no [phone] which we can speak fluently English

[@pattycandle3596]

Hi from France ! Thank you for this amazing video ! I've never watched Silicon Valley Show but now I would like to ! It was so nice to watch this video ! 💜

[@lillyandrews8879]

Patty CANDLE it's really funny!!

[@izzyxblades]

I didn't know he didn't go back to HK for the entire 17 years! Glad he did go back as an adult, to stay in touch with HK roots.

[@DashaG182]

I'm gonna read the book! Thanks for the interview!!!

[@andrascsovari8607]

Jimmy seems super honest, and it is great. Most people are faking every single thing.

[@enesaydogan5590]

Dinesh is also an immigrant :/

[@antony9025]

Enes İhsan Gilfoyle is

[@enesaydogan5590]

salvei sage damn i just realized that there are more immigrants live in that house than americans 😂

[@Ace-mw9pm]

Enes İhsan yeah but they have no accent so they were raised most of they're lives in the states

[@enesaydogan5590]

way 2 cold Not actually. Jian Yang doesn't speak a lot but have an accent. Dinesh's accent is pretty gut. Gilfoyle is Canadian anyway. Lol.

[@mertylmaz9549]

there are so many turkish fan of slicon valley. it is amazing

[@neobloom9659]

JIAN YAAAAANG! lol

[@flavillus]

errich is dead, he is a very sad man

[@chrisheng92]

e.r. i.c.a

[@TheXuism]

he is fat and poor lol.

[@celyl]

Jimmy you are very well spoken, you're the man!

[@luisleal2940]

Nice Your channel has taken off so quickly in the last months . I’m glad for you Keep up the great work. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@adusparx]

Such a polite interviewer 💯

[@yomma4619]

Subscribed, love jimmy o yang!

[@JohnKohTE001]

That was an eye opener and interesting. Have never watched Silicon Valley but now will try to watch it. Good job!

[@pathfinder54321]

Love your video. Great interview.

[@nushabanadirova8566]

OMMGGGG IT'S SUPER AWESOME THANK YOU MARINA. ONE OF MY FAVORITE KZbinR INTEVIEWED MY FAV ACTOR. THANK YOUU❤❤

[@jason8598ify]

I really love your channel ! It helps me practice English

[@edwardsy7414]

Great interview

[@yanisyoudas2479]

Hi Marina you're amazing thanks for this interview, it's very cool.I liked it so much😘

[@KemptonLam]

Pretty cool interview. Thanks for sharing it!

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

Hi Marina thanks for this great interview You're a beautiful teacher

[@qudcz]

crossover we needed but didn’t ask for

[@Kuralai95]

Great interview, I think your questions were interesting and your flow together was smooth!

[@ToshiSuzuki]

Great interview!

[@sourabhraghuwanshi8994]

marina you inspire me every time to push my limits ....thank you 😣

[@valentinalordies2951]

Marina, you're awesome!

[@bluewave365]

My fav channel 😍😍😍

[@a1k078]

Hey, Jimmy!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

[@DrAdnan]

Jimmy is hilarious. I love his standup

[@steakismeat177]

If you don’t pay too much attention he sounds very American, but if you listen closely you can still hear little nuances of a different accent. So I would say it’s very hard to completely loose your accent because you will likely have a little remnants from a native accent.

[@glumraidh]

Why should immigrants completely get rid of their accents? Accents are part of our identities; everyone has an accent. As long as it's not too difficult to understand, it's acceptable.

[@dianaw7338]

Thanks a lot for your amazing videos 🤗

[@fakshen1973]

More Jian Yang. Jimmy is nailing it after TJ left. The show needs that counter-balancing "frienemy" and Jimmy is delivering.

[@ahmedakerkaou6203]

that's very kind of You marina my favorite( channel & role model) You rock marina.

[@theasiandoc]

No, don't change your accent. It's unique and amazing. Embrace it :)

[@glumraidh]

Agree! For Jimmy (and anyone who wants to break into Hollywood), accent reduction is essential because it'll open up doors to a variety of characters instead of merely being typecast. However, for others, having an American accent is totally unnecessary; as long as people understand you, you should be proud of your own accent because it represents your identity. We should embrace our cultural identity rather than try to get it of it.

[@sabirram2309]

Thanks MARINA for this interview and my greetings to your guest , thanks for this opportunity to learn more secrets to speak English effectively , by the way you look like a professional journalist (tv presenter) you are talented ♥♥ may be soon we'll see you in CNN or another tv channel :)

[@Mike-fn8dj]

Wooow didn't expect to see him here. So exited to see who's gonna be next

[@tiantianup8783]

nice interview, learned something about Jimmy O Young, saw him in Crazy Rich Asian, very funny

[@ruru31402]

i eat the fish

[@yasser_hussain]

Correction: I eat a fish

[@usufjonyusufjonov3822]

@@yasser_hussain Jimmy says "I eat the fish" BTW the right form is "I ate the fish"

[@vaxchen2054]

I ate da fish!

[@HiKasandra]

Hi Marina! I stumbled upon your video when I was watching Jimmy Yang and Silicon Valley and I am glad I did. You put together such a smart and sweet interview and you are just so pretty, if I may say. ~~^^~~ Spasibo!!!! X

[@robinchai4955]

Charming smile As always😍

[@cookliet8444]

When I saw the picture on IG I was like "Jin Yanggggg"!! It's your fault Erlich has gone xD. I used to hated him when he used to annoy Erlich hahahaa.. I'll miss that

[@thewanderchronicles6781]

*Jian

[@alnashraansari8484]

Kookie Flavored Cookie yes. Like annoying him by frank call.lol😅😅😅😅

[@ІринаБунецька]

I know which “Russian blogger” that last question comes from🤣 thank you so much for this interview! He’s my fav actor too! Gorgeous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@wadebradley7388]

He is so funny. I love his character on Silicon valley.

[@saber26ful]

His answer at the end tho... 🔥🔥

[@AlexSleaze]

Cool ! Nice videos Marina :)

[@samsilly3875]

You’re the best teacher

[@matildahadley5696]

I think in terms of accents, it's a matter of familiarity. I'm not Russian so I can't tell the difference between your accent and standard American accent, but of course you know your own accent. But I come from the similar place as Jimmy and know both of his parents are Shanghainese, so I can detect the slight Shanghainese tone in Jimmy's accent, which I think you probably wouldn't be able to tell. Anyway, I don't think anyone should *get rid of* their accent, world would be so dull if everyone only speaks in an American or British accent

[@glumraidh]

Agree! For Jimmy (and anyone who wants to break into Hollywood), accent reduction is essential because it'll open up doors to a variety of characters instead of merely being typecast. However, for others, having an American accent is totally unnecessary; as long as people understand you, you should be proud of your own accent because it represents your identity. We should embrace our cultural identity rather than try to get it of it.

[@thanyayogapoojamanikkalaia1112]

Wow!! It is so awesome video. He is so handsome. Thank you Marina.

[@grumpy_doctor]

The clip with Erlich in it made me realize that I missed him,but without him Jian Yang now evolved into a cartoonish villain which I love so much

[@Reyesnino8763]

Wow~ Jimmy O. Yang👍

[@nargismustaqimova9391]

You are super super girl Marina! When I see your videos, you inspire me. I learn how to be confident when you're speaking. Sorry for mistakes.

[@jungyew]

Good interview.

[@t.a8072]

I really admire your enthusiasm Marina (y)

[@readitsnice2544]

Nice interview

[@MikeTrieu]

I would watch the hell out of a How to American series.

[@MohammedAbdallah-es6qo]

your changed my life you are rock

[@peterxyz3541]

Linguamarina seems charming. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️

[@rutstrangle]

My accent defines me, I feel great about it and I practice "the subtle art of not giving a F". It works great!

[@evanm9026]

No one gives a F about what you have to say.

[@mariakoszegi]

It was really loveable,enjoyable,Thank You so much!!!!And of course,Jimmy!!!He's to die for!!!(In the good way:)

[@akhmxt]

Came here for Jin Yang

[@linguamarina]

Yaaay

[@rajivsen3123]

Hey Marina, love your vids. But I have a request. Please do a similar immigrant story with Kunal Nayyar too. An Indian perspective would also be very nice as they are a major immigrant community in the States. :-)

[@dhyc777]

he could be a TV show producer someday, perhaps for his own book...

[@KadiNamamato]

Reading his book. Hope it is awesome

[@chenx6633]

wow how did u get in touch with him that’s amazing. They say they are too many stereotypes in Silicon Valley I’m still a huge fun

[@eleonoramustafaeva1303]

OH IS THIS JIAN YANG I'M LEGIT FREAKING OUTTTT

[@picklerick9191]

When you do stuff like this don't mix 24fps with 30 fps it looks glitchy due to duplicate or missing frames whenever you play a scene in the show. Your editor should know this...

[@tanuchaudhry7240]

Hey! Please make more videos on GMAT as your videos are very helpful and boosting 👍

[@arsencchs]

This is awesome~

[@ricardowong1813]

I love your Channel

[@josefobernalito7387]

Thanks 💙💙

[@v12tommy]

Why would anyone want to get rid of their accent? I think accents are awesome. I work in a luxury hotel with people from all over the world. We have a ton of different accents. It makes someone unique.

[@anniele8591]

*Hi Linguamarina you're so pretty!!! can you make a video about your makeup and product you use,espeacially your lipstick

[@luhuang5256]

Jimmy has an LA Asian accent but that's great. It's a part of him.

[@jiechen9346]

Great show！Great actor！

[@vinaythakur895]

Nice video. Can u tell me which software you use in this video

[@FalloutNewNarwhal]

Jimmy O.Yang, is an actor, who is good.

[@auliaamirullah2790]

I haven't watched that one. It might happen to me one day. LOL. Should add to my to watch list.

[@MrCraseboy]

Дзааан Яяянг

[@penboyasgod6103]

"Dzaan Yayang" What's the purpose of giving a name in Russian? Do you know what _assimilation_ is?

[@50tigres79]

Hes always wearing his pijama in the interviews

[@jeffstahrify]

I'm loving the Dr. Strange vibe in the beginning

[@AGC828]

I think it's great to see more Asians in entertainment (coming from a culture where "entertainment" isn't even on the list of career choices...never will be...so the choice of Asian actors to choose from will be so minute). And the route Jimmy took to find his way and that is to capitalize on being an immigrant. How he IS helping break the stereotype of an immigrant. So, that people don't continue to see immigrants in one way (even if many immigrants choose not to change things by staying in their shells/communities). And not trying to fit in. Be "Americanized". As for his career so far...I'd hope he will find non-immigrant type roles FAST...so he doesn't get type-cast. So many actors find their fame playing this one role on a certain sitcom or movie. And find it hard to near impossible to break away from that one character. Which would happen more when Hollywood is willing to bank on Asian actors. We're still no where close to being there yet. The male lead in Crazy Rich Chinese isn't even 100% Chinese. In a "Chinese film ABOUT Chinese". :)

[@riverday9131]

One minor correction: we do have people, young people, here who choose to do entertainment as a career, e.g. something similar to standup comedy. And some of them do get big fat check for it.

[@Californiansurfer]

As Mexican American we need you out here in Indiana and Kentucky. They always ask me what are Asians like,please move out here, we need Asian food...

[@BJKD24]

It's a pity you state it as 'to get rid of' as if any other accent than a standard English variety is considered unintellectual. I know society regards a different accent to a lower educated/proficient English level, that's unfortunately how things go, especially in my country, The Netherlands.

[@metaleirosincero6317]

Bas J. Having a neutral accent as her means proficiency, therefore it sounds better than a native speaker. But I don’t get it what’s the problem in having accent, you look so contradictory.

[@BJKD24]

Metaleiro Sincero Yes, in terms of pronunciation it does contain more clarity. And I said it is considered less intelligent in overall society, I agree with you on that matter

[@dxcSOUL]

The same thing goes for anyone with more than one language. Go to Japan, and obviously you would try to speak more clearly, meaning you would want your pronunciation to mimic the native accent... The same thing applies to English. Just because it is the lengua franca doesn't take away from the practicality of clarity....

[@bminor8092]

For many, hearing someone try to speak more 'natively' is an indication of how hard they have worked to assimilate. People appreciate the effort, and may consider a strong accent to be a sign of laziness. Also, many that have not studied the new language will sound like they are using third-grade wording, so if you heard that from a native speaker that was 30 years old, you would judge them as below average intellect or poorly educated.

[@azimovartik5984]

thank u for sharing the video Marina, guys I just need ur help im having an exam precisely speaking exam, and I have some idioms but dunno whether they r common or hardly understandable, 1. "BE BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN YOUR MOUTH" 2. "FULL OF BEANS" 3. "FLESH AND BLOOD" 4. "RED TAPE" 5. "HAVE GREEN FINGERS" and thats all, thanks for replies in advance

[@penboyasgod6103]

Sorry, Jimmy, if I heard you on the phone without ever seeing you, I'd still pick you out as Asian --- even if I got "which" Asian wrong, you still sound ASIAN --- but since I've listened to so many Chinese, I would probably get "which" Asian correctly. I've been around Asians most of my life --- which is a good thing.

[@mr.perfect.4948]

Its beautifull.

[@realdonaldtrump5967]

我喜欢的两个人出现在了同一个镜头里（The two people I liked appeared in the same video.）AWESOME

[@IceXiao]

I guess you either get one or the other. I immigrated at the same age as Ouyang, my Chinese is fluent (read, write, having a conversation), but I'm pretty sure my English is not as good as his. O wells.