Korean Job Discussion Forums

[BringTheRain]

Alright guys, have at it. Go around calling Korean dudes Chinese and report back here. Truthfully.

[Ukon]

I tell girls they're from China...get's them launghing and usually hitting you.

Most adjoessis are wussies, but quite a few are actually gym rats benearth the vests...the big fat ones who have at least 25-50 pounds on you and some height will start trouble.

I've sleighted a few like the person above did in korean(other phrases)....believe me, they always came after me and looked for an apology.

[tomato]

Here are some reasons why I think a foreign teacher should learn Korean:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=13860&highlight=

[caniff]

You either learn it or you don't - I've known many people in both camps who've all done just fine.

[air76]

[air76]

[tomato]

[tomato]

The gavel went down on the table at 8:00 PM. "The meeting of the Miriam Ferguson Society will now begin."

The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting. The treasurer read the latest report.

"Is there any old business?" The President paused briefly. "If not, then we proceed with our new business. Mr. 경찰관, I believe you had an idea which you wanted to discuss?"

Mr. 경 made a smile of assent and stood up. "Some of you have heard the English expression that 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' Or another expression, 'a stitch in time saves nine.' I have been thinking about the efforts which we have been spending in dealing with wegukin's who have already been in our country for a while and have already been studying our language for a while, and have already spoken Korean all over the place. I wonder if there was some way that we can catch these offenders from the very beginning."

The President asked, "How do you propose to do this, Mr. 경?"

Mr. 경 answered, "It seems that most of these offenders come to our country already knowing a little bit of Korean--not much, but enough to detect. So my proposal is to send a few Society members at every international airport to wait for every arriving flight and at every ferry port to wait for every arriving ferry."

A chorus of sighs ensued. Some comments of "A splendid idea!" were heard.

"Each Society member will watch all the wegukins who already has someone meeting them, but will also watch out for any wegukins who do not have someone meeting them. Those are the ones that the Society member can really test."

Another Society member asked, "How do we do that?"

Mr. 경 answered, "First, the Society member will greet the wegukin in Korean. If the wegukin responds in Korean, that is a suspicious sign, but you still need to probe just a liiiiittle further. The Society member will feign astonishment and say, "아! 한국말 잘 하신데!� If the wegukin understands that as "Oh, you speak Korean very well" and thanks the Society member in Korean, then you have a pretty good prospect."

Someone said, "What do you do then?"

Mr. 경 continued, "That's when you want to make friends with the wegukin and get the personal information you need. You can suggest an eating place at the port which has shining lights in hangul." He held up a finger of admonishment. "Careful not to look toward the eating place while you make the suggestion, because that will give it away. If the wegukin starts to walk toward that eating place without any hints, then that is a sure sign that he or she can read hangul."

Someone else said, "I think I'm getting the drift."

"You go to the eating place where you trade contact information--what's your name, what's your e-mail address, where will you be staying. The wegukin thinks you're writing the information down for a social contact, but really you're going to hand in the information to the police."

A delighted chuckle filled the room. A member of the Society raised his hand. "What will be the penalty for getting caught in this trap?"

Mr. 경 said, "We will first have to have a letter-writing campaign. We will all write letters to our representatives in the National Assembly. This is one matter which I intended to discuss with you. What do you think the penalty should be?"

One member timidly suggested, "Prison?" Another member suggested, "Deportation?"

A third member boldly stood up. "I can name one penalty which would be worse than prison or deportation--a year's contract in Itaewon!"

Everyone cheered and applauded.

[nfld_chingu]

[Dragoon]

The thing I don't understand about most waygooks on here... is how the ones that study Korean always hate on the ones that don't. I've studied my fair share over time and I can hold my own in the ring (not that I'm the cat's ass or anything) but if some other waygook doesn't want to learn a word of Korean...why do I give a damn? Some of you dudes kill me....

[nfld_chingu]

[Globutron]

Well there's two of you who don't care, Plus me, that makes 3 - so its not really *everyone* who gives a damn. Just people who want an opinion.

[BringTheRain]

I think most people who try to learn some of the language of the country they are in don't waste time making excuses on an internet forum.

[English Matt]