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| What are the most annoying English mistakes made by Koreans? |
| Fun vs. Funny |
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31% |
[ 5 ] |
| Scared vs. Scary (bored vs. boring/ excited vs. exciting etc.) |
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18% |
[ 3 ] |
| Not being able to pronounce V/F/WO etc. |
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6% |
[ 1 ] |
| Mistakes with "should" |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Plans/Promise/Appointment |
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12% |
[ 2 ] |
| Nice to see you/Nice to meet you |
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25% |
[ 4 ] |
| Other |
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6% |
[ 1 ] |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: Korean style English. What's the worst |
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First off, let me state that I'm not attacking Koreans for being bad at English. I know learning English can be hard, especially when you come from a country that teaches you to frear and loathe anything foreign. Furthermore, I know WHY they make these mistakes and can usually accept them quite patiently and try to help them out. But sometimes they annoy the heck out of me.
The worst thing about all these mistakes is that it's not only students who make them. Most of the teachers do as well!
My biggest pet peeve is not knowing when to use boring and bored. Which bug you the most? |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nice to see you/Nice to meet you.
Probably b/c I hear it so many time every day at a school of 1200 students!
Nice to meet you doesn't mean pangabseumnida!!!! |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The promise thing gets my goat. The rest are just fun. |
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PeterDragon
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Subject/verb agreement. That was a pet peeve of mine back in the states too. Guess I'm a grammar nerd. |
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FXAdam
Joined: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Seoul-si, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| I find "Teacher Adam what's your name?" to be particularly grating on a few levels. |
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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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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| their inability to pluralize |
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chasmmi
Joined: 16 Jun 2007
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| The wetu fishi swamu by the man reading the bigu booku sometimes proves irritating. Yet small children laugh at my Korean without fail therefore more than likely making me a hypocrite. |
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