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[Jizzo T. Clown]

Here's a similar thread I've started in response to this one:

Funny things blacks believe in

(probably won't exist, though)

[SuperHero]

[babtangee]

[kermo]

[stevieg4ever]

my examples were all taken from my korean textbook, hardly racist.

It would be different if i said:

Koreans are kind
Korea has 4 season
Korean food spicy and healthy and very delicious
Tomatos are vegetables
Park Ji Sung very good socca player

etc etc etc

[Harpeau]

Korea is the only country on this planet that has 4 seasons.

Koreans have bigger brains than any other country.

Koreans have bigger heads than any other country.

(The above 3 taught in Daejeon Middle Schools.)

Only Koreans experience "Han". (Think I was told this a long time ago.)

A girl is not a woman until she bears a son into the world. Before that time she is just a "selfish girl". (I once heard a stupid ajoshi tell this to a very kind Catholic nun.)

Korea celebrated "Boy's Day" until 1975, when it was changed to Children's Day. (Preference for boys.)

[cophan]

[Young FRANKenstein]

[jaganath69]

Only Koreans can feel Jung, or whatever the hell it is.

[VanIslander]

A lot of Koreans believe that Korean is a RACE with genetic "pure blood" significance.

The absurdity of this when one sees Mongolian, Manchurian, Japanese, Han Chinese, even South Pacific islander characteristics in their faces is lost on them.

DNA studies should help debunk such thoughts if pursued.

[SHANE02]

[Oreovictim]

I think it's funny when I run into a rude Korean who won't respond to a greeting. (The b!tch behind the electronics counter at Homever, the b!tch at the bowling alley, the b!tch at the travel agency, etc.)

I'll mention it to some of my Korean friends, and they'll say, "Oh, well they are just too afraid or they're too worried about their English skills."

[Ilsanman]

It's different. Some people just note these things, or keep them in the back of their mind, or whatever. Other people actually put these things into practice.

Maybe I know of the belief that we shouldn't walk under a ladder. But I occasionally do. But ask a Korean to sleep with the fan on......

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[KumaraKitty]

Hubby grew up in Texas, and has not abandoned his American beliefs and sensibilities, Thank God! That means after I give birth I CAN shower and I DON'T have to eat seaweed soup 5 times a day in rooms with the temperature set to over 30 degrees! Yeah!

I've encountered some interesting beliefs being pregnant.
1. My doctor believes I am a high risk pregnancy because I am white. In Western culture we are advised to take supplements of Folic Acid to prevent neural tube defects. In Korea they don't, so even though I am taking them she is terrified our baby will have a problem.

2.They believe certain dreams will tell if you are having a male or female.

3.That the baby will want to eat what the father likes so my cravings will all be for my husbands favorite foods.

4.If I don't eat walnuts everyday, my child will have a small brain.(Walnuts do contain Omega 3 fatty acids, in small amounts, but one students mother spent 50,000won on a bag of walnuts for me!! It was a small bag, the walnuts were shelled but intact, kinda like how the squirrels do in Charlie and the Chocolate factory.)

Now, I'm not sure if these are solely Korean, but I found them interesting.
As for the ambi-dextrous thing, my hubby was left handed. Grandma drilled him till he became right handed, but now he can use chopsticks, write, everything with both hands. Pretty cool!