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Jack_Sarang



Joined: 13 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:07 am    Post subject: BRABO! BRABO! Reply with quote

Or rather... BRAVO!!

Lately I've noticed Korean kids and adults alike saying this. Anyone else notice this/know where it originated? I'm assuming some tv show or somesuch.

My elementary students use it sarcastically when someone makes a mistake as well as using it when someone gets an answer right or does well on a test.

Last night I was eating dinner with some friends on a patio and we had a bottle of soju and this drunken mid-twenties korean guy says, "You likee the soju? Oh! Bravo!"


Yeeech.
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Defiant1



Joined: 21 Nov 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've not heard Bravo - but I hear 'nice shot' a lot - usually if throwing a ball at a student to catch, or vice versa.
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DrunkenMaster



Joined: 04 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheer up!
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anyway



Joined: 22 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DrunkenMaster wrote:
cheer up!


Nice-uh!!
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Jughead



Joined: 18 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bravo your life!
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Scotticus



Joined: 18 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jughead wrote:
Bravo your life!


*points to the above quote* This is most likely where it comes from. Not sure how long it's been around, but it was a slogan back in the fall of '05 when I got here. Kids were using it back then, as well as the "nice shot" mentioned above.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DrunkenMaster wrote:
cheer up!


My condition very bad.
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laogaiguk



Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote:
DrunkenMaster wrote:
cheer up!


My condition very bad.


FIGHTING!
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lsrupert



Joined: 27 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hear "Anchor, anchor!!" a lot. They really mean encore. Razz
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about "IN-CORE" (instead of encore). That's what I get to hear.
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Brady



Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Location: Bucheon

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey come on baby!
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DrunkenMaster



Joined: 04 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brady wrote:
Hey come on baby!


Damn, Brady. Was that really necessary?
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ryouga013



Joined: 14 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you crazy? (the one thing Korean kids of any age can pronounce 100% correctly, including the [z])

Baby one more time

... I laughed when i heard one kid start singing "dragostea din tei" ...

At least it's not all from English!
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DrunkenMaster



Joined: 04 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The problem isn't with the children, it's when grown men use it with me.
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Chris Kwon



Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it Mystery or Mr. Lee?

You want a Cadillac or a cataract?
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