| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
|
 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: Bad words |
 |
|
I was looking for somegestures which are rude in Korea, not so much hardcore puck you but something that I might see in the classroom (having just had a lesson on gestures)
Came across this website
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/391582
Anybody know how these could be used in a lesson? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
SeoulShakin
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The only hand gesture I can think of that is rude in Korea is to tuck your thumb in between your pointer and middle fingers. Kind of like my dad used to do to me when I was little and he'd say "Got your nose!". That gesture, so I've been told, is similar to us flipping off someone with out middle finger. It's quite rude. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| SeoulShakin wrote: |
| The only hand gesture I can think of that is rude in Korea is to tuck your thumb in between your pointer and middle fingers. Kind of like my dad used to do to me when I was little and he'd say "Got your nose!". That gesture, so I've been told, is similar to us flipping off someone with out middle finger. It's quite rude. |
Actually, I am pretty certain that gesture refers either to coitus, or a certain part of the female anatomy. I'm always too drunk whenever I see it, so can't remember precisely which. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| King Baeksu wrote: |
| SeoulShakin wrote: |
| The only hand gesture I can think of that is rude in Korea is to tuck your thumb in between your pointer and middle fingers. Kind of like my dad used to do to me when I was little and he'd say "Got your nose!". That gesture, so I've been told, is similar to us flipping off someone with out middle finger. It's quite rude. |
Actually, I am pretty certain that gesture refers either to coitus, or a certain part of the female anatomy. I'm always too drunk whenever I see it, so can't remember precisely which. |
It certainly does in Indonesia. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
out of context
Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Location: Daejeon
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Couple of typos on the website, tho:
열 밤았어 should be 열 받았어.
방금 워라고 했어? should be 방금 뭐라고 했어?
왠 지랄이야? should be 웬 지랄이야?
Carry on. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| It certainly does in Indonesia. |
Indonesia is such a fabulous country! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| King Baeksu wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| It certainly does in Indonesia. |
Indonesia is such a fabulous country! |
Correct. If ever you are in Jakarta, make sure to check out Taman Fatahila, where behind the history museum is an old Portuguese cannon that sports the aforementioned symbol at the end. Apparently it's a fertility symbol and barren local lasses straddle it in hope of getting knocked up. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| King Baeksu wrote: |
| SeoulShakin wrote: |
| The only hand gesture I can think of that is rude in Korea is to tuck your thumb in between your pointer and middle fingers. Kind of like my dad used to do to me when I was little and he'd say "Got your nose!". That gesture, so I've been told, is similar to us flipping off someone with out middle finger. It's quite rude. |
Actually, I am pretty certain that gesture refers either to coitus, or a certain part of the female anatomy. I'm always too drunk whenever I see it, so can't remember precisely which. |
I've been told on several occasions (by koreans) it means "*beep* you!". Especially the first time I used it in my kindy class to play "Got Your Nose"  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Back in the Seventies, a pretty rude hand gesture was taking your left hand palm up with your fingers curled, and with your right hand held flat with the fingers together, placing the knuckles of your left hand against the right hand's palm (by the little finger), then moving the left hand upwards fast.
If you decide to go to Vietnam, don't cross your fingers for luck. It's ver similar to a rather rude Vietnamese gesture. You should be able to guess what it means. Just think of what it looks like and think of female anatomy. In college, our Vietnamese class teacher was explaining that to a few of us during a trip to a Vietnamese restaurant. One young lady, American-born Viet, said, "Really? You mean like this?" and proceeded to make the gesture. It shocked the waitstaff who had recently arrived in the US. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
|
| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The book "Making Out In Korean" has a whole section dedicated to profanity as well as other useful vocabulary. Every wondered how to say "harder! harder! I'm coming!"?  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
|
| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
| SeoulShakin wrote: |
| The only hand gesture I can think of that is rude in Korea is to tuck your thumb in between your pointer and middle fingers. Kind of like my dad used to do to me when I was little and he'd say "Got your nose!". That gesture, so I've been told, is similar to us flipping off someone with out middle finger. It's quite rude. |
When Korean deaf-mutes use the International Sign Alphabet,
they change the sign for T a little bit--and I think it's for that reason. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
