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Bailsibub · Joined: 22 Dec 2006

Random Ajosshi: "Excuse me. Can you tell me what the "dreaming eyesight formation" means here?" (pointing at headline of poorly written Korean/English newspaper)

Bailsibub: "I have no idea."

Random Ajosshi: But you are English Speaker and teacher.

Bailsibub: "Well, I do speak English, but I'm not a teacher. Now get!"

Random Ajosshi: (standing there in a stuper because he doesn't know what "get" or "dreaming eyesight formation" means...not to mention that not all white people here are English teachers).

So to all the Kwriters of the English papers here, stop making up your own English. It's lame and confusing to your own people.

And to the random ajosshi, thanks for the weird experience. Next time, mind your business.

afsjesse · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.

Thanks for making the foreigner have a worse off image than we already have. The poor lady just wanted a moment of your boring life, not so much to ask. It's not like you were extremely busy on the subway. In about the same amount of time you told her off you could have said "it's bad english."

Common courtesy goes along way people. Give it a whirl sometime and push the troll of your shoulder.

Atavistic · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:

Ajossi=man, not lady.

And yeah, OP, you were an ass. A simple, "I'm not sure, that's not correct English, sorry" would have taken as much energy and made you not look like a *beep*.

Join Me · Joined: 14 Jan 2008

seems to set me off.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

Bailsibub you're a tool!!
no need for being rude..

and also how can you not know what the dreaming eyesight formation means ... jeezz!!!

Kimchieluver · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

nomad-ish · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:35 am Post subject:

ryouga013 · Joined: 14 Sep 2007

Bailsibub · Joined: 22 Dec 2006

Ha ha, so a guy can come up to you, ask you a question, talk down to you and get p1ssed when you don't know the answer? Was I supposed to just take it?

FYI, after it happened, my Korean wife asked me why the guy had to be so rude and bother us.

Anyway, he clearly didn't understand me. Sad, since next week he will probably be having his little hissy fit over why you don't know what "bean empathy chase (rain)" means.

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

did you leave some dialog out or something? I dont see the talking down and getting pissed at you parts in your first post..

Bailsibub · Joined: 22 Dec 2006

My bad....

I didn't add that he delivered the "but you are an English teacher" line with way too much 'tude. It was like he was a disgruntled student.

I'm not even a teacher!!!

samd · Joined: 03 Jan 2007

pidgin · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Seoul

toddswift · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: Seoul

I would have done the same. What do you think, we are walking good will ambassadors. teachers should make cards and write them in korean:

ENGLISH LESSONS

1 second - 10 seconds 10,000 won

11 seconds - 30 15,000 won

31 seconds - 1 minute 20,000 won

have a nice day.

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

The night time contact lens that corects your vision while you sleep. They sell them for a specific type of eye muscle problem.

---I think.