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| What country is Korea most similar to? |
| China |
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25% |
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9% |
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20% |
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3% |
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| Vietnam |
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7% |
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34% |
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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| you could compare it to canada, as they have a lot of similarities. both countries are painfully irrelevant on the global stage (and always will be), bordering sister nations that are superior to them in every measure. the only significant difference b/w korea and canada is that not everyone's ugly in korea. |
in addition both canadians and koreans have a tendancy (like childeren) to blame their problems on neighboring countries. |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| In my first months here I thought Seoul specifically resembled Istanbul. |
You must be out of your mind, Spin. Only in the traffic jams, only in the traffic jams. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| I voted "other." It's funny this poll came up; I was just talking with a friend about many cultural similarities that Korea has with Ireland. |
Ah, but.........
Ireland has good beer.
Great native music.
A holiday that is celebrated in much of the world.
People generally like the Irish.
Ireland has some of the nicest people (at least in my opinion).
The Irish know how to party.
The Irish have writers and poets that are known around the world.
Ireland has a very interesting culture and cultural relics.
Irish women have a sense of humor.
Ireland has a few bands that are known world wide.
Ireland is in touch with what is going on with the world.
Anything else to add to the list? |
Nice!
Of course, you must realise, Irish culture is not just from the island of Ireland. We have spread our seed over many barren lands including the USA, England, Down Under, and the most barren and void land of all, Canada  . This is what makes the Irish famous. We emigrated. A lot.........
.......But I must add....we emigrated with a willingness to be fun and friendly people.
The comparison between the Irish and Korean falls down more often than it holds up. |
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dmbfan
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Nice!
Of course, you must realise, Irish culture is not just from the island of Ireland. We have spread our seed over many barren lands including the USA, England, Down Under, and the most barren and void land of all, Canada . This is what makes the Irish famous. We emigrated. A lot.........
.......But I must add....we emigrated with a willingness to be fun and friendly people.
The comparison between the Irish and Korean falls down more often than it holds up. |
I'm not being flammed for my post?
Well, night is young.
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Dexter Sword
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| I voted "other." It's funny this poll came up; I was just talking with a friend about many cultural similarities that Korea has with Ireland. |
Ah, but.........
Ireland has good beer.
Great native music.
A holiday that is celebrated in much of the world.
People generally like the Irish.
Ireland has some of the nicest people (at least in my opinion).
The Irish know how to party.
The Irish have writers and poets that are known around the world.
Ireland has a very interesting culture and cultural relics.
Irish women have a sense of humor.
Ireland has a few bands that are known world wide.
Ireland is in touch with what is going on with the world.
Anything else to add to the list? |
And Ireland is one of the more beautiful places on Earth. They can rock, too (SLF & Co.). |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:16 am Post subject: |
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eamo wrote
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dmbfan wrote:
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I voted "other." It's funny this poll came up; I was just talking with a friend about many cultural similarities that Korea has with Ireland.
Ah, but.........
Ireland has good beer.
Great native music.
A holiday that is celebrated in much of the world.
People generally like the Irish.
Ireland has some of the nicest people (at least in my opinion).
The Irish know how to party.
The Irish have writers and poets that are known around the world.
Ireland has a very interesting culture and cultural relics.
Irish women have a sense of humor.
Ireland has a few bands that are known world wide.
Ireland is in touch with what is going on with the world.
Anything else to add to the list?
Nice!
Of course, you must realise, Irish culture is not just from the island of Ireland. We have spread our seed over many barren lands including the USA, England, Down Under, and the most barren and void land of all, Canada . This is what makes the Irish famous. We emigrated. A lot.........
.......But I must add....we emigrated with a willingness to be fun and friendly people. |
You forgot about the Caribbean my boy.
http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/487 |
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bigverne
Joined: 12 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| And Ireland is one of the more beautiful places on Earth |
If your idea of beauty is peat bogs and featureless heather then I suppose that is true. Irealand also has atrocious weather (constantly overcast) and food which makes English cuisine look like mouthwatering.
It's a nice place and some of the people are agreeable, but let's not go over the top with our praise of the Irish. |
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nzerinkorea
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Yongin
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Korea is shit |
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nzerinkorea
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
Location: Yongin
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: |
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Bigverne firstly you are an ignorant gobshite and secondly learn how to spell.  |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Probably most resembles China.
Fake goods sold everywhere.
Last edited by Dev on Wed May 23, 2007 11:49 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| And Ireland is one of the more beautiful places on Earth |
If your idea of beauty is peat bogs and featureless heather then I suppose that is true. |
Well actually yes I do love peat bogs and heather, although there's far more to it than that. Some of my favorite places in England, the Lakes for instance, have a particular beauty to be found (correct me if I'm wrong) only in other parts of Britain and in Ireland. In knocking Ireland you knock places that resemble it too, i.e. Britain: so don't.
As for who does Korea resemble - no one really. Japan in a lot of ways, but, underneath, the culture is shamanistic, which means they love drinking and dancing themselves into an ecstatic state. Magic! |
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blynch
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: UCLA
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:53 am Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
| bigverne wrote: |
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| And Ireland is one of the more beautiful places on Earth |
If your idea of beauty is peat bogs and featureless heather then I suppose that is true. |
Well actually yes I do love peat bogs and heather, although there's far more to it than that. Some of my favorite places in England, the Lakes for instance, have a particular beauty to be found (correct me if I'm wrong) only in other parts of Britain and in Ireland. In knocking Ireland you knock places that resemble it too, i.e. Britain: so don't.
As for who does Korea resemble - no one really. Japan in a lot of ways, but, underneath, the culture is shamanistic, which means they love drinking and dancing themselves into an ecstatic state. Magic! |
definitely Japan.... no doubt about it. |
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in_seoul_2003
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| I voted "other." It's funny this poll came up; I was just talking with a friend about many cultural similarities that Korea has with Ireland. |
Ah, but.........
Ireland has good beer.
Great native music.
A holiday that is celebrated in much of the world.
People generally like the Irish.
Ireland has some of the nicest people (at least in my opinion).
The Irish know how to party.
The Irish have writers and poets that are known around the world.
Ireland has a very interesting culture and cultural relics.
Irish women have a sense of humor.
Ireland has a few bands that are known world wide.
Ireland is in touch with what is going on with the world.
Anything else to add to the list? |
That might be the Irish way of looking at their country. If it were Korean, it would resemble this:
Korea has the BEST beer
The BEST music in the world
The MOST famous holidays in the world
EVERYBODY loves Koreans
Korea has the NICEST people in the world
Korea wants to make the top-ten party list by 2010
Korean writers will be on the top-ten list of best writers in the world by 2010
Korea has the MOST interesting culture in the world
Korean women will make the top ten list of the most humorous women in the world by 2010... errr...2020
Korea will have the most famous bands in the world by 2010
Korea is the MOST connected country in the world AND will make the top ten list of most in touch people in the world |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| North Korea by far. |
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