There was a hot debat on Ki-Media regarding a recent Phnom Penh Post article accusing SRS a racist by using the word ''Youn''.
Personally or subjectively, I totally disagree with anyone who politicise or mischaracterise a word which is neutrally and commonly used. Whether the word has a racist origin or carries any negative connotation does not matter, as it is commonly used by all Cambodians without any prejudice. ''Youn'' just simply means Vietnamese. In another word, I could say Youn is informal and Vietnam (Vietnamese) is formal. There maybe some people who use it to express anger because of Vietnamese mistreatment and invasion on Cambodia for centuries, but the word itself is theoritically or practically neutral.
Don't Khmer know their own language? Should we be afraid just to use our own language? Should foreigners teach Khmer how to use Khmer?
Below are some of the most logical reasoning from Ki-Media regarding the word ''Youn'':
3 comments:
Just mention that your face look like Yuon mless.
Haha that could be. In terms of appearance,I am between Chinese and Southeast Asians. Most people confuse me with Chinese although I am Cambodian.Anyway, looking like whom does not matter: I am still who I am after all.
Yes the PP post journalist seems innorant about his native language. That happens often to many Khmers, and it is really ridiculous and painful.
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