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whome?
Joined: 13 Nov 2009
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 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: Crazy, funny, weird examples of Korean pride |
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To start, I am trying to keep this a clean, non-attack Korea thread. It was pulled once already, but I was told that I could repost.
Anyway, Korean national(ism) pride is obviously a big thing to Koreans. I'm sure we've all heard or seen some interesting examples. I heard one of the funniest I've ever come across yesterday.
It's exam week and one of the questions was---
Q: Name one place you would like to visit and explain why you want to go.
A: I want to go to New York City, to Time Square, because there's a Samsung sign.
I'm hoping that people might post the best/worst examples they've encountered. |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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"I only want to stay in Korea because it's the best country in the world."
-Girl at a bar after asking if she wants to travel anywhere else |
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cazzy3
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Location: kangwon-do
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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any successful korean sporting team/player will be played and replayed at least 500 times.
also, i'm currently watching the bolton v. west ham match and they have mentioned lee chung yong's name probably 150 times...every time he touches the ball the announcers wet themselves with excitement!!! |
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Xuanzang
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Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I like only Korean food because I am Korean. |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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One of my co-workers was teaching a class of adults once, and some of them mentioned that they had gone on a package trip to Italy once.
My co-worker asked them, "Italy is wonderful. How did you like Italian food?" They answered, "Oh, we didn't have any. We brought our own food from Korea, or went to Korean restaurants."
She couldn't speak for a few minutes. Two weeks without trying Italian food, in Italy. I had a similar experience in Thailand on a package tour. |
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ashland
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Crazy, funny, weird examples of Korean pride |
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| whome? wrote: |
To start, I am trying to keep this a clean, non-attack Korea thread. It was pulled once already, but I was told that I could repost.
Anyway, Korean national(ism) pride is obviously a big thing to Koreans. I'm sure we've all heard or seen some interesting examples. I heard one of the funniest I've ever come across yesterday.
It's exam week and one of the questions was---
Q: Name one place you would like to visit and explain why you want to go.
A: I want to go to New York City, to Time Square, because there's a Samsung sign.
I'm hoping that people might post the best/worst examples they've encountered. |
L-A-M-E.
you should come up with something better if you really wanna belittle koreans.
but remember... "people who belittle others are only belittling themselves". *shame* |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:40 am Post subject: Re: Crazy, funny, weird examples of Korean pride |
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| ashland wrote: |
L-A-M-E.
you should come up with something better if you really wanna belittle koreans.
but remember... "people who belittle others are only belittling themselves". *shame* |
I can't resist. You see what you just did there, right? |
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whome?
Joined: 13 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:45 am Post subject: Re: Crazy, funny, weird examples of Korean pride |
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| kermo wrote: |
| ashland wrote: |
L-A-M-E.
you should come up with something better if you really wanna belittle koreans.
but remember... "people who belittle others are only belittling themselves". *shame* |
I can't resist. You see what you just did there, right? |
Yeah, real genius that poster is. I posted what has to be considered an at least partially funny anecdote. I did not bash anyone. I stated I wasn't trying to bash anyone.
Raging inferiority complexes can make people rather paranoid.... |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
One of my co-workers was teaching a class of adults once, and some of them mentioned that they had gone on a package trip to Italy once.
My co-worker asked them, "Italy is wonderful. How did you like Italian food?" They answered, "Oh, we didn't have any. We brought our own food from Korea, or went to Korean restaurants."
She couldn't speak for a few minutes. Two weeks without trying Italian food, in Italy. I had a similar experience in Thailand on a package tour. |
I've heard Korean do this, and it absolutely boggles my mind. Maybe this is why they're so amazed we eat Korean food, since they don't eat any other food.
�If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.� � James Michener |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
One of my co-workers was teaching a class of adults once, and some of them mentioned that they had gone on a package trip to Italy once.
My co-worker asked them, "Italy is wonderful. How did you like Italian food?" They answered, "Oh, we didn't have any. We brought our own food from Korea, or went to Korean restaurants."
She couldn't speak for a few minutes. Two weeks without trying Italian food, in Italy. I had a similar experience in Thailand on a package tour. |
I've heard Korean do this, and it absolutely boggles my mind. Maybe this is why they're so amazed we eat Korean food, since they don't eat any other food.
�If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.� � James Michener |
Amen. I too know someone who did this. She (in her twenties and even spent a year studying in the states) was telling me about her trip to France and Italy that she had just taken. I asked her what her favorite foods of those countries were. She then proceeded to tell me that she mostly ate at the hostel, which was a Korean hostel. Those hostels exist so that Koreans can eat Korean food and stay with just other Koreans. Wow.
I also love the "Korea: Pride of Asia" sticker I saw on a motorbike. 
Last edited by curiousaboutkorea on Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:23 am; edited 1 time in total |
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