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[ryleeys]

Do Koreans blush?

My director always introduces me to random people (mostly women since they dominate the education profession here) and then will say, "oh, isn't he so handsome?" (Personally, I'm gonna go with average...) Everytime she says this, I invariably kinda lower my head and blush... I think she gets a kick out of seeing me blush...

Anyway, do Korean blush? Anyone ever seen this phenomenon?

[Corporal]

Yes. I have made my husband blush.

He's fairer-skinned than a lot of Koreans though, so maybe it's harder to see on the darker-toned ones?

[ThreeDogNight]

Yeah, you can see those big fat cheeks flare up like lush tomatoes on some of the girls.

[ryleeys]

Can someone please introduce me to a Korean girl that I can make blush? I wanna see tomatoes...

[khyber]

feed em booze.
i've never seen an ajoshi pale face a full bottle

[ryleeys]

That's true, I've seen Koreans turn red from booze... but it's kinda different than from blushing out of shyness...

[wylde]

the easiest way is to imbarress them

[Ya-ta Boy]

I think their blushes are most visible in the ears.

[hojucandy]

they sure do.

i made a friend blush just yesterday by sending her a worded hand-phone text message. in her reply she said she was blushing at work.

[ryleeys]

But you didn't get to see it, that's no fun...

[hojucandy]

true - but i smiled all afternoon thinking about it.

all i saw was her reply... which featured one of those little smiley things that koreans are so good at typing on their handphones....

yu kno -

^_^*

that sort of thing.

anyone know a source of these? a tutorial for the emoticonally inhibited?

[ryleeys]

Actually, it's kinda of scary how fast and how effective Koreans type on a cell phone... I saw a girl one time that could have typed the Korean constitution in less than 2 minutes on that phone...

[hojucandy]

i love watching koreans on their handphones on the train. in any given 10 people, about 8 of them will have their phones out. half of these will be typing furiously, or just idly cruising through the menus doin God-knows what!

[princess]

God, you just have to love those shy Korean men, too. What cuties!!!

[rapier]

I haven't noticed blushes. When embarrassed, feeling silly, or charmed, they can't help but pull out a ridiculous smile, giggle, or raise their hands to cover their mouths. Reminds me that somewhere under the confucian armor is a fun-loving, hilarious, gentle, human being!!!