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Real Reality
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Location: Seoul
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osangrl
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Location: osan
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| that is the most retarded idea ever. |
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Sweet Zombie Jesus
Joined: 14 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| osangrl wrote: |
| that is the most retarded idea ever. |
Yes, it is. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like a poor rip-off of an ice-hotel. |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Evil Penguin might like it.  |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:43 am Post subject: |
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Rip off of what they do in countries like Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Good experience for Korean people though. |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:58 am Post subject: |
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I had to look up the word "pension" when someone told me they were going to a Pension.
Did you guys know that one?
I never heard that used until about two weeks ago.
I see it is common to Europeans. Canadians also?
What about Americans? I have never heard that used to describe a cottage/bungalow/summer/get-away/lake house.
Is that new (1-2 years) to the Korean language? |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:23 am Post subject: |
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A Pension. To describe a holiday house.
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I must be going mad.
This is one of the most amazing b*stardisations of the English language I have ever come across or heard of, and I've seen my fair share.
I guess all is forgiven if it's simply a mispronounciation of some Spanish or French word I have never heard of. But a "Pension"? Preposterous! :)
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:25 am Post subject: |
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A Pension. To describe a holiday house.
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I must be going mad.
This is one of the most amazing b*stardisations of the English language I have ever come across or heard of, and I've seen my fair share.
I guess all is forgiven if it's simply a mispronounciation of some Spanish or French word I have never heard of. But a "Pension"? Preposterous!
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I just don't know it
are you being sarcastic?
sorry
I just never heard it before.
I was not challenging it. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't it a French word for rented room, or some such thing? |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Nah I'm not being sarcastic.
This is the first I've heard of it used in this context, and you may be be able to deduce from my post that I wasn't terribly enthused with the idea.. :)
Hence all my ranting and raving.. :)
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Howard Roark
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| I never heard it before in my life until I went to Turkey a few years ago. They use the word "pansiyon" for a small inn or cheap hotel. It's quite widely used there. I thought it was a Turkish word until I looked in my Turkish-English dictionary and saw "pension". |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| Isn't it a French word for rented room, or some such thing? |
The dictionary says it's French, like a boarding house or a B&B.
I guess like a country get-away.
But I never heard of it and then some Korean guy threw it at me and I had no idea what he meant?
I guess it's a new word in the Korean language.
At least they use the entire word, not like APART. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Howard Roark wrote: |
| I never heard it before in my life until I went to Turkey a few years ago. They use the word "pansiyon" for a small inn or cheap hotel. It's quite widely used there. I thought it was a Turkish word until I looked in my Turkish-English dictionary and saw "pension". |
It's used in German like that too....maybe Turkish adopted it from German. The Russian cognate means "retired". |
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helly
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: WORLDWIDE
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| Don't know where it came from but it seems to have been added to daily usage within the last 2 years. Very common among older Koreans and retirees. I deal with lots of older guys who have retired from big companies and going on "pension tours" is a really big deal for them. I don't know if younger people do this but I doubt it. |
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