On every Sunday afternoon, I go to an English club in Hanoi in which I live. Its name is HYEC which stands for Hanoi Youth English Club. How people often address its name, however, is quite unique. That is, they say "hai ếch" which is composed of two Vietnamese words. "Hai ếch" means "two frogs". How can they say that?

First of all, look at HY in HYEC. Because HY is somewhat similar to HI. How English word "Hi" is pronounced is very much similar to how Vietnamese word "hai" is pronounced. Yet, the Vietnamese word "hai" means "two" in English.

Now let's see how two last letters in HYEC is called as "ếch". This is a little bit tricky. Although as I see, EC and "ếch" are not the same in pronunciation in Vietnamese language, many people consider that those two words are similar anyway. In addition, "ếch" means "frog" in English.

Actually, Vietnamese often say "hai con ếch" instead of "hai ếch". People still understand what "hai ếch" means though.

To sum up, HYEC, "hai ếch" and "two frogs" are names of that English club. I think the club's logo could be this:

A kind hearted hello to all members of My English Club,
My name is Phuong Hoa. That is a Vietnamese name and I can not find the way to explain in English how to pronounce it.
I am studying at English Department at a university so this site is a perfect place for me to practice my English skills.
That's just a short hello.

I'm setting up my mind to write something in my blog everyday.