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Konglish "slang" (?) that you love.
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warren pease



Joined: 12 May 2008

PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

doggyji wrote:
Is there anybody who can tolerate or justify this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muG8RpMi6bw

"If you wanna pretty, every wanna pretty". Shocked

Nicole from the States somehow agreed to sing that atrocious Konglish part. Poetic license? Laughing


Seemed like a longer version of a GAP commercial.
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southernman



Joined: 15 Jan 2010
Location: On the mainland again

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

morrisonhotel wrote:
blackjack wrote:
Gibberish wrote:
"Same same" is a horrible phrase that we must actively strive to remove from the Konglish lexicon as teachers. I tell people when I hear it to never, ever use that phrase.


same same is not konglish, it is used in England, NZ and australia? plus similar expressions exist in europe


Really? I lived in England for like 5/6years and I can't ever recall anyone using that phrase.


Really! Maybe you went to diferent places but I agree with blackjack and i've lived in all three countries Laughing
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kabrams



Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"take a rest"

I mean, technically, it's not wrong or even Konglish, but I get a kick out of every time someone tells me to "take a rest".

Very Happy
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nothing special;
Me too;
It's very famous!!!
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tjmauermann



Joined: 21 Jan 2009
Location: Bundang

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Frankly speaking
Take rest
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morrisonhotel



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do

PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm genius.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



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

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mateomiguel wrote:
A "pension." That's some place where you go overnight with your coworkers to drink even more than you usually do. Not someplace where old people live on their pensions from the government after retiring. Going to a pension is like saying that you're going to retire just for the weekend, to me. Sounds funny.


"Pension" is used in Europe.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=pension+hotel&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=93b6e195ecf679eb
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Gibberish



Joined: 29 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Skinship".

Wow, a word so weird and hilarious that only the touch-sensitive Asian countries could invent it.
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RufusW



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'Swimming Coffee' is nice Konglish.
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madtownhustl



Joined: 04 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Crayjee"
"Teacher, he's Crayjee, Crayjee" CRAZY

"안녕하세요" -Korean
"안녕하세요" -Me
"Wow! You are Korean!"-Korean
not konglish but happens a lot. same when i say i love korean food.
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Teelo



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The word "konglish"
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Kaypea



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My faves...

"glamour" to mean "busty": I can make students laugh by describing any actress as "glamorous"

"Panty" to mean any kind of underpants. I used to think my students were being funny when they would talk about boys wearing panties, but then I found out that "panty" means all underpants.

I also like how "cookie" means all crumbly snack foods
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Steelrails



Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like S-line

How about reverse Konglish slang?
We always Bool Dalk Kal Bi 'Bulldog'. I also like pronouncing Dam Bae in the most country voice possible and having it come out as Damn Bay.
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teecee



Joined: 18 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mateomiguel wrote:
A "pension." That's some place where you go overnight with your coworkers to drink even more than you usually do. Not someplace where old people live on their pensions from the government after retiring. Going to a pension is like saying that you're going to retire just for the weekend, to me. Sounds funny.



Not to be a party pooper but pension is a sort of holiday home in France.

Not really funny Konglish, but "boiler" is apparently Konglish and I found it amusing that such an obscure word is Konglish.
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cdninkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alot of the time Konglish annoys me because a lot of Konglish replaces perfectly adequate Korean words. The best case I can think of for this is at a restaurant near my workplace. All of the rice dishes on the menu, and these are Korean rice dishes, say "라이스" rather than simply "밥". For example, it'll say "김치 라이스" instead of "김치 볶음밥". Stupid.
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