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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: scared the living crap out of a korean girl today |
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i'm walking near strathcona elementary in vancouver, which is about 2 blocks from mentally ill crack-addled dude neighborhood extraordinaire.
across from the school is this really old church which has become the korean gospel center.
some service has just finished, and people are filing out.
i end up walking behind this girl for about a 1/2 block and it was clear from her body language that she was convinced she's going to get her purse snatched by a local denizen.
so i break out my rudimentary (that's pronounced 'crappy') korean
"여기 는 한국말 교희 있읍니까?"
she turns around with a look on her face like she'd just seen park chung hee's ghost wearing a dress and says "uh... um... 예"
my intention was to set her at ease but i think it freaked her out even more that some big pink dude with an untidy beard was speaking korean to her in the worst neighborhood in canada. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| If you wanted to scare her, you could have asked her if you could be her basketball coach. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought maybe you'd thrown a dog at her. |
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Vancouver
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: scared the living crap out of a korean girl today |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
i'm walking near strathcona elementary in vancouver, which is about 2 blocks from mentally ill crack-addled dude neighborhood extraordinaire.
across from the school is this really old church which has become the korean gospel center.
some service has just finished, and people are filing out.
i end up walking behind this girl for about a 1/2 block and it was clear from her body language that she was convinced she's going to get her purse snatched by a local denizen.
so i break out my rudimentary (that's pronounced 'crappy') korean
"여기 는 한국말 교희 있읍니까?"
she turns around with a look on her face like she'd just seen park chung hee's ghost wearing a dress and says "uh... um... 예"
my intention was to set her at ease but i think it freaked her out even more that some big pink dude with an untidy beard was speaking korean to her in the worst neighborhood in canada. |
lol. I'd be freaked out too. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Cute story, newbie. Maybe good for a quip at a pub, but no need to start a thread for it. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| ^Yeah, I agree...who cares? |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: scared the living crap out of a korean girl today |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
| "여기 는 한국말 교희 있읍니까?" |
Uh, what does this mean? I know some Korean but not that much. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
| Cute story, newbie. Maybe good for a quip at a pub, but no need to start a thread for it. |
PRagic the DESL standards police. I have to say, buddy, you're doing a pretty poor job.
On topic:
I too surprised some Korean tourists in Germany. Although the situation was not similar at all, the look on their faces when confronted with a pink korean speaker was priceless! It really must have warmed their hearts. Korean's truly becoming a bit of a global language!
And why? Is it because of Koreans going abroad? Maybe... but these anecdotes suggest that this may just be a direct result of the EFL industry in Korea. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: scared the living crap out of a korean girl today |
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| Oreovictim wrote: |
| uberscheisse wrote: |
| "여기 는 한국말 교희 있읍니까?" |
Uh, what does this mean? I know some Korean but not that much. |
여기 는 = Here
한국말 = Korean language
교희 = Church
있읍니까? = is? |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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I just calls em like I sees em. Come on. Really. What is the purpose of the thread?
"I speak a little Korean and FREAKED A KOREAN OUT WITH IT!'
Nothing to see here...move along...back to your homes.... |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| IlIlNine wrote: |
I too surprised some Korean tourists in Germany. Although the situation was not similar at all, the look on their faces when confronted with a pink korean speaker was priceless! It really must have warmed their hearts. Korean's truly becoming a bit of a global language!
And why? Is it because of Koreans going abroad? Maybe... but these anecdotes suggest that this may just be a direct result of the EFL industry in Korea. |
When I was in Vietnam, I struck up a conversation with some Korean guys. All three of them just stared at me for a minute and then one said, "한국 시람이에요?" He said it with the same awe they use for "Can you really eat spicy food?" |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Now I see where this is going. Fine. So Koreans are surprised when a foreigner can speak Korean. I guess the problem was the name of the thread.
Either way...yawn. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: scared the living crap out of a korean girl today |
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| IlIlNine wrote: |
| Oreovictim wrote: |
| uberscheisse wrote: |
| "여기 는 한국말 교희 있읍니까?" |
Uh, what does this mean? I know some Korean but not that much. |
여기 는 = Here
한국말 = Korean language
교희 = Church
있읍니까? = is? |
교회 = Church |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
I just calls em like I sees em. Come on. Really. What is the purpose of the thread?
"I speak a little Korean and FREAKED A KOREAN OUT WITH IT!'
Nothing to see here...move along...back to your homes.... |
shall i walk you through it?
this is the off-topic forum. scan the other thread titles, and you'll see that this is the place where we share cute, funny, interesting non-teaching-related stories about our life, rants, or other stuff that wastes time and bandwidth.
a few examples:
Koreans in....New Brunswick?
New Blog: Stuff White People Like
Best ring tone: MJ's 'Thriller'
Koreans Rush to Guam and Saipan for US Citizenship Babies!
WORD CHAIN 2008!
The Comprehensive Comic Discussion Thread
really earth-shaking stuff, eh? good thing everyone's tuning in so regularly.
and spliff - cut and paste 5 or 10 of your posts and tell me whether or not they're worth anyone's time. i'll answer that - they're not. you may as well have a canoe or a dead sheep in your apartment instead of a computer.
a couple people chuckled because of an anecdote i shared. that was my aim.
and yeah i spelled church wrong. sorry. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
| Cute story, newbie. Maybe good for a quip at a pub, but no need to start a thread for it. |
and while being a newbie is nothing to be ashamed of, and arguing about "who's been here longer", post counts and other chest-thumping douchebaggery is totally lame.. did you notice this:
uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
calling me a newbie kinda makes you look like a big fartsucking idiot.
just sayin'. |
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