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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:48 am Post subject: Obscenity Turns English Students Off Skype |
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Some subscribers to the Internet chat and telephony service Skype are spreading dirty language and videos, knowledge-hungry users complain. Many Korean students use the Skype messenger program to practice their English conversation. Skype provides services in 28 languages to almost 200 million people in approximately 220 countries. Since launching services in Korea in 2006, Skype has managed to sign up a lot of people. Although other Internet messengers also provide chat services, voice and video calls, Skype allows users to select options for chat partners.
One college student said, "It was good to make foreign friends easily with Skype. I improved my English proficiency by chatting with a French friend." But some strangers are sending her pornographic videos and making obscene jokes through the Skype messenger. �I�ve started to become prejudiced against their countries,� she says. An 18-year-old schoolgirl, who signed up with Skype to practice her English with foreign friends, said, "Most foreigners using the Skype chat service seem to just want to meet girls and make filthy jokes. So I felt bad and deleted the program just two days after installing it."
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200707/200707180020.html |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Fair and balanced news coverage. Finally! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Wow. What do Koreans use their internet for? |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| Fair and balanced news coverage. Finally! |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| Just because I use Skype to meet girls and make filthy jokes doesn't mean she ought to stereotype all foreigners. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: |
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"I started to become prejudiced against their countries"
"an 18-year-old schoolgirl, who signed up with Skype to practice her English with foreign friends"
Are these people that dense? ...don't answer that.
Too funny. |
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sistersarah
Joined: 03 Jan 2004
Location: hiding out
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Maybe just the foreigners that actually answer them are filthy and disgusting....
I mean seriously, I get chat requests all the time from people in korea, china, india, etc.
decline, decline, decline.
who has time to chat with random people who just want to practice their English? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: |
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| Some of the paper's advertisers offer services that compete with Skype. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Same problem with ICQ in 1999. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Same problem with the internet. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| The King of Kwangju wrote: |
| Same problem with ICQ in 1999. |
And IRC in 1987 |
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Homer
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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That happens all the time with messengers online.
The crap just swamps everything else. |
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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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just another day
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| its true. its a huge problem in english based korean chat rooms. im glad it finally got the attention it deserves. |
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