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nomad-ish · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: noise

can someone with a good grasp of korean write me a short, polite note asking my neighbour to be quiet? i'd really appreciate it, thanks.

Teleria · Joined: 28 Jun 2008

Hey, you must live in my building! Does one of your neighbours sound like they're being filmed for an amateur production? Very Happy

Seriously though, I'd also appreciate a short "please keep it down" note in Korean.

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

okokok · Joined: 27 Aug 2006

They won't care about your note.

crescent · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Location: yes.

^^
Prolly. Call the fuzz next time.

seoulsister · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Location: International Network

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maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

any body who would like to write a brief 5 or6 lines in Korean to throw

at my boss.. when I leave quite soon, please lett me know

thanks

Straphanger · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Location: Chilgok, Korea

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

안녕하십니까?

큰 소리 만들지 마시면 감사하겠습니다

Howdy,

I'd appreciate it very much if the noise were kept to a minimum.

Being driven insane by noisy neighbors?

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

mssinmymind · Joined: 12 Oct 2008

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

nomad-ish · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:

justin, was that a serious note? i can't tell, i didn't have a lot of sleep.

i don't know how to drive them out, they're above me and i've tried banging on the ceiling with my chair, but nothing changes. eventually i just turn up my music, but when i turn it off again, nothing's changed. it sounds like someone is dribbling a basketball/tennis ball up there, but it sometimes last for hours so i don't know how it can be that...

edit: thanks, i've printed out the note from the link and i've gotten my co-teacher to call the apartment right now... hopefully it'll work

Justin Hale · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: the Straight Talk Express

Pleasure to be of service. Yes, the note was serious. I too had noise from above, as you'll see if you read the thread. It's quite the tale.

We sufferers of Korean noisy neighbor noise should stand together, as one, as brothers and sisters and fight for peace and quiet, justice and the compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast!

btw. Nomad, kinda weird how you were the first to reply in my noise thread reporting no problems and now here you are with the same problem! Good luck. Noisy Koreans are the vermin of the Solar System and stalking them, really fucking with their heads shouldn't be ruled out. That's the only thing Koreans know and respond to and communicate with - noise pollution. It's intrinsic to them.

travelingfool · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Location: Parents' basement

I have had two disastrous situations with extremely noisy neighbors. That kind of situation can be a deal breaker especially if you have to wake up at 5 or 6am. In both cases, letter writing, pounding on the door, and retaliation accomplished nothing. It sucks because like another poster mentioned earplugs do not drown out the low frequency thuds. I would get really angry and even if the noise did stop I was so angry and worked up that I couldn't get to sleep anyways.