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cmr
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: What funny or weird "Konglish" have you heard? |
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You know, the stuff like "hand phone" instead of "cell phone".
What are the Konglish words or expressions that you've heard in Korea that didn't make sense, were funny, weird or mind-puzzling? |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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One time I had a small group of middle school kids who would tease each other. Usually I could look at them and they'd stop. This one day it was a bit more rowdy than usual so I piped up. One of the girls was agitated and let rip:
"But teacher - he said 'eat my pak you'!"
Huh!? I guess I gettit. But...wha? |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: What funny or weird "Konglish" have you heard? |
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| cmr wrote: |
You know, the stuff like "hand phone" instead of "cell phone".
What are the Konglish words or expressions that you've heard in Korea that didn't make sense, were funny, weird or mind-puzzling? |
What?? We don't call them "hand phones".... damn. been here too long. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Almost people have already read a thread about this before... |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Refrigelater.
Think about it. It makes sense.
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Are you hard?
(Intended to mean, are you having difficulty.)
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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MANDRL
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: South Korea
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| I like to sleep with my friends...when asked what my 6th graders like to do on the weekend. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| I was a little alarmed to see "Eye and Lip Remover" at a cosmetics shop today. That must hurt. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| 'R-Seoul you look boring' *said during Korean language meeting* |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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"eye shopping"
got it today for the first time ever, in over four years here... knew what it was before I came to Korea, read it in some book or 'net list of konglish, so I was more than prepared for it, did a cool "I, robot, want your eyes" routine that got the class in stitches, to show them the absurdity of it in the ears of English speakers. |
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