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ilovebdt

Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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gotte00 wrote: |
A hagwon opened in my old neighborhood and everybody failed to look closely at the name before all the signs were in place.....Haim Engligh Academy.
While having a drink at a bar in Apgujeong one day, a bus drove by with the name, I Spoon English. |
I nearly worked there
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jaderedux

Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Saw a bus with horrible spelling mistake!
"I lick English" |
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swetepete

Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Location: a limp little burg
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: |
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That wasn't a hagwon bus, it was a brothel-mobile that serves tea and crumpets and specializes in spanking naughty schoolboys. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: |
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princess wrote: |
What about Jackie's Clinic? It's a hagwon, not a health clinic. hehehe^^
Kid's College is weird, too, because it's a hagwon and kids don't go to college. |
here's an idea "princess's language bravo englishing academy of not-being-able-to-let-things-go-even-when-she/he/it-knows-she/he/tit's-full-of shit"?
seriously, what's your boner for j.c.? did your dad and husband get beat up by one of the female teachers who works there? |
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Seon-bee
Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: ROK
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: 5 zero |
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Regarding Zero English, Koreans are always trying to associate 05, 영어, with some kind of clever mnemonic device, especially for brand names and school phone numbers.
While we native speakers look down on Zero English and think the name is an absurd oxymoron, Koreans would understand the association immediately as a clever marketing strategy, and probably even praise the creativity that went into it. In short, they're probably thinking damn, why didn't I think of that? |
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TheBrain

Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Acme Lab
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:55 am Post subject: |
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uberscheisse, you are annoying. |
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