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[jaganath69]

I woke early this morning, head buzzing a tad from the two bottles of wine I enjoyed whilst watching the football last night. I decided to go to the Buy The Way for some eggs and smokes, breakfast of champions. Fair enough, I looked like poo but who wakes up looking all GQ on a Sunday morn. Anyhoo, I hobbled onto the street and a young Korean guy, maybe in his mid 20s is just in front of me. I'm minding my own business when he starts intoning "oh my god! Oh my god!". Thinking perhaps the poor lad is having a religious epiphany I ignore it, but he continues with his mantra. I check myself to see that I haven't left the house sans trousers or if horns have sprouted from my forehead. Nope, nothing of the sort, just the local waygukin minding his own business around 8 on the lord's day.

OK, I know this will sound like a newbie rant, and I should know better, for I have been here four long years. But what in the name of kibble is with flucktard locals here who feel the need to burst into random snippets of Englishee whenever the white man passes by? I often sit outside my school of a lunch hour having a quiet smoke and contemplating the world when a group from the nearby high school will stroll along and come out with random "oh yeahs" or "baby" or some other such nonsense. I'm leaving soon and tend to try to write off all the stupid acts that go with living here as minor irritations, but I was close to punching this guy in the neck this morning, such was my irritation at his uninvited commentary in a language in which he seemed to have little proficiency.

Makes me think that I should let loose with a few random Oh-doh-ke's, shibbals or anyeongs when I next see a bunch of the sons of Han outside of their natural environment. But seriously, why is this so damn necessary or amusing to these people?

[Big_Bird]

Puck you, Jagga.

[Alyallen]

People like that are stupid and perhaps do need a punch in the throat.

I'm quite sick of it too.

How long till you are out of here?

[Ya-ta Boy]

[jaganath69]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[soju pizza]

When I was back home two summers ago, I did the same thing to them.

Punga punga, anyeong, o-di ka?

I just couldn't help myself.

As far as the "Oh my God" thing goes, I have a theory: multitudes of arcade games contain that annoying expression, which slowly indoctrinates their culture, causing them to utter it since it's the only thing they know how to say with any proficiency.

Maybe it's a kind of second language acquisition Toeurret's or something.

[reactionary]

i feel better when i imagine them traveling to the america and having random young american guys yell out "konnichiwa" or "ni hao" to them (especially at girls). it does happen and after being in korea i find it hilarious.

[Big_Bird]

[reactionary]

[shaunew]

This happens all the time. When on their cellphone they spit out random English. But before they seen me nothing but Korean. I always swear in French and English when people are walking to slow, or when they are on the subway steps and stop to look at their cellphone what the hell is up with that.

[reactionary]

anyway the best solutions to the parrots or english squawkers - talk to them. say 'hey how's it going." they will blush and start nodding their heads and then quickly scurry away, tail between their legs.

[SPINOZA]

[Atavistic]

I was running around the elementary school track near my taekwondo studio a few days ago. Some second year high school students started speaking English as I ran each lap in front of them. I finally stopped and started drilling them.

Somehow I ended up grabbing one of them and yelling, "갑시다!"

We ran around the track together, holding hands, his friends taking handphone videos of us.

I think the three of them fear foreigners now. At least they'll probably reconsider the random English thing.

[reactionary]

yeah, it's a funny cry for attention...when really attention is the last thing they want. it's too embarrassing.