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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: Hiya? |
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| No, not "Hi Ya" but "hee yah". What exactly does it mean in English? I'm guessing "you're annoying me"? Have heard my Korean co-teachers effectively use it a few times, & have followed suit. Works like a charm. |
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forever_young
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
My webster is lacking, then. I keep looking for 'booya' and I just can't find it...also 'hooray', 'yeeha' and 'badoomtcha'. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, there ya have it, badabing badaboom. |
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forever_young
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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A 'word' is a sign that is made of of two parts, the signified (sound/image) and signifier (the word itself). Since expressions like "whoah" and "fshizzle" can be recognized more for their phatic value than as signifiers for a specific sound/image I suggest "wow" is not a word but a meaningful utterance.
That said, since the nature of the relationship between sound/image and signifier is arbitrary, if someone such as novernae was to decide that "wow" means "goat" that person would only need general consensus to make it so. And then "wow" would be a word and I suspect that the object represented by the signifier "wow feta" would be popular on pizza with artichoke hearts and sundried tomatoes.
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
Hard to argue with that - so I'm just gonna take my Saussure and go home. You and your Webster can have the playground for your every-utterance-is-a-word pleasure. Nyyyyyah.... |
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| kimchi story wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
Hard to argue with that - so I'm just gonna take my Saussure and go home. You and your Webster can have the playground for your every-utterance-is-a-word pleasure. Nyyyyyah.... |
Oh and by the way.. horray is in the online websters as well 
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/hooray |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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ㅋㅋㅋ
Oh yeah? Well, when I entered 'nyyyah' into the webster all I got was:
"Pull yer thumb outta yer mouth, weenie. You suck"
wtf?! |
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forever_young
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| kimchi story wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
Hard to argue with that - so I'm just gonna take my Saussure and go home. You and your Webster can have the playground for your every-utterance-is-a-word pleasure. Nyyyyyah.... |
Oh and by the way.. horray is in the online websters as well
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/hooray |
don't try giving me lessons in MY first language. |
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| forever_young wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| kimchi story wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
Hard to argue with that - so I'm just gonna take my Saussure and go home. You and your Webster can have the playground for your every-utterance-is-a-word pleasure. Nyyyyyah.... |
Oh and by the way.. horray is in the online websters as well
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/hooray |
don't try giving me lessons in MY first language. |
Then learn your first language, and if you are too stupid to do that, at least keep your mouth shut |
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forever_young
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| kimchi story wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
| Novernae wrote: |
| forever_young wrote: |
^ it's more like "eeeh-ya~", isn't it?
in that case it means "wow~"
it's not a word, more like a sound. |
A sound with meaning is a word. |
is "wow" a word? |
Umm yes.
www.webster.com
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/wow |
Hard to argue with that - so I'm just gonna take my Saussure and go home. You and your Webster can have the playground for your every-utterance-is-a-word pleasure. Nyyyyyah.... |
Oh and by the way.. horray is in the online websters as well
http://209.161.33.50/dictionary/hooray |
don't try giving me lessons in MY first language. |
Then learn your first language, and if you are too stupid to do that, at least keep your mouth shut |
http://dic.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=krdic&query=%C0%CC%BE%DF+
이야
[감탄사]놀라거나 갑자기 힘을 쓸 때, 또는 기쁘거나 화가 날 때 외치는 소리.
a sound, not a word. and i will NOT keep my mouth shut!
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| Still no idea what the Korean word 'hiya' means in English! It's pronounced like 'eeee yar' |
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