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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: Koreas most popular English word? |
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there are a few more that I've forgotten for the moment. Where did Koreans get their obsession with these words?
Dilligent
One-piece
Smog
Sex show
Delicious
Okay
U-turn |
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thebum
Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: Koreas most popular English word? |
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| nautilus wrote: |
there are a few more that I've forgotten for the moment. Where did Koreans get their obsession with these words?
Dilligent
One-piece
Smog
Sex show
Delicious
Okay
U-turn |
dirty
crazy
dog puppy |
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Bingo
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Their favotite word is "really". As in the following:
Koreans are "really" genuis.
Koreans are "really" kind.
You are "really" fat.
Your nose is "really' big.
When you have the flu you "really" must still come to school.
Japanese and Americans are "really" evil.
etc
etc
etc. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Koreas most popular English word? |
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| thebum wrote: |
| nautilus wrote: |
there are a few more that I've forgotten for the moment. Where did Koreans get their obsession with these words?
Dilligent
One-piece
Smog
Sex show
Delicious
Okay
U-turn |
dirty
crazy
dog puppy |
Sincere and Real Teacher have to be thrown into the mix.
Just my opinon, eh.
R |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Bingo wrote: |
Their favotite word is "really". As in the following:
Koreans are "really" genuis.
Koreans are "really" kind.
You are "really" fat.
Your nose is "really' big.
When you have the flu you "really" must still come to school.
Japanese and Americans are "really" evil.
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etc
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One should not see a real argument with this post, eh?
Yankified Canucklehead. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Happy
Let's [noun] |
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Bingo
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Lets [noun]. :lol:
That's probably the best one. I saw the other day, "Let's Bible." What a bunch of knuckleheads. |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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 "HATE" |
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oxfordstu
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Puck You.
It seems like all my 3rd graders and up know that and use it. Can you imagine what would happen if it had been thrown around when you were in elementary school. They really don't understand the seriousness of saying it to someone.
And Let's. I freakin hate "Let's" now. I've actually tried to weed it out of my vocabulary b/c i'm so tired of hearing it. |
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Brainwashed
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: A Koreans favorite word |
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Maybe.
All I every hear is "maybe" the sun is shining today. "Maybe" you can teach this class when the meaning is you have to teach this class. "Maybe" you can cover this class. Maybe, maybe, maybe. I listened to a Korean teacher giving a talk about dress code at a seminar and I counted 62 maybes during her 20 minute talk and only three of them "maybe" were used in the right context. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| "Smog" is used to describe everything from heat haze and humidity to a snowstorm apparently. Strange, because most koreans seem to think it is a terrible scourge that is found only in London and brings traffic to a standstill there daily. This d i c k e n sian image of inner city decay is probably the only thing that keeps koreans headed for LA en masse rather than britain. |
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Pak Yu Man
Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Location: The Ida galaxy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| I love you so muchee. I've heard it from adults too. |
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trubadour
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: |
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S line
i've tried to tell 'em its not even an English word.. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Bingo wrote: |
Lets [noun]. 
That's probably the best one. I saw the other day, "Let's Bible." What a bunch of knuckleheads. |
I still like the one where YBM (the major english school) had a banner that said "Let's Speaking". |
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