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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| cyui wrote: |
| You will only like where you are from as it is what is ingrained inside your soul. |
What utter tosh. I suppose no one's ever had the experience of going to another country and liking it? Kind of liked it, really liked it, been blown away, or fallen in love with it? As they say, there's no place like home, but come on! |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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That wasn't what i was saying at all.
Sure, it is possible to live in a different place from where you were raised ( hell, yeah, let's say you could even fall in love).
But..How are you gonna completly understand the ALL cultural implications' that only those in the born ethnicity group understand?
No, THIS does not include fluency in the local language ( something that IS expected when you live somewhere). |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok. It sounded like you were saying something else. Almost like another apologist's theory to account for why you shouldn't blame Korea for anything ever. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Three words: Exoticizing the other.
Though, I did feel bad for the kid who openly admitted he was taking Japanese because he liked manga and anime. I mean, he was the only one who said it, but he clearly wasn't the only kid in the class who liked that stuff.
I guess Japan is too mainstream now and that's why more people are looking towards Korea. Now, there are still the specialized Otaku who are into Lolli or Ganguro or what have you, but I think the generalists are branching out. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| DorkothyParker wrote: |
Three words: Exoticizing the other.
I guess Japan is too mainstream now and that's why more people are looking towards Korea. Now, there are still the specialized Otaku who are into Lolli or Ganguro or what have you, but I think the generalists are branching out. |
Jumping from one country to another is fundamentally superficial and smells like vacillation. The reason people might have jumped the Japanese ship is that it's a sinking ship--culturally speaking. Becoming fascinated with another country can start as an exotic high, but it gets much deeper than that. It usually involves some deep seated affinity. Korea is getting the look because of a robust economy, but it has passion, and that might make for an interesting culture. Some day. |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Korea is interesting..but it only goes so in-depth..Feel the same about America sometimes.
Not sure ( always wondered about Croatia). Customs are easy to understand; but not sure about living there.
Grandmother would have wanted it ( but not sure it's the right choice for me). |
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fadedgirl
Joined: 26 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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I work with a girl who says she loves Korea, watches K-pop and K-dramas and even takes Korean classes.
Ask her to actually speak Korean and she can't.
She has no Korean friends.
Just really strange. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Some people make friends more easily than others.
The ones who have more trouble making friends could be very fine people. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| fadedgirl wrote: |
I work with a girl who says she loves Korea, watches K-pop and K-dramas and even takes Korean classes.
Ask her to actually speak Korean and she can't.
She has no Korean friends.
Just really strange. |
K-drama's don't look like Korea to me. If that's what people in other countries expect coming here they're in for a shock. |
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kohmelo
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:35 am Post subject: |
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I would like to thank all those who replied 
I am quite surprised that it didn't turn into an argument as most posts do 
And you meet most of these people online, I've met them all on this one penpal site, there are also many Koreans on the website too which I really use as a free dating website (I've been married for just over a year n' half now.) And since I got married I've met 4 Korean ladies off there for just no questions asked lovin' 
Ciao. |
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Zoisite
Joined: 31 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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I think the best way to look at it is, "To each their own".
A person can like anything they want, I am sure there are worse things to like than Korean fashion, dramas, music... like Scientology ^_-
As a Korean raised overseas, I DON'T feel like I have some majestic right to enjoy Korean stuff and foreigners don't...
In Korea, you probably wouldn't find it weird if your Korean students listened to your favorite American band, wore American Eagle, and spoke to you in English.
So I wouldn't think too much about it.
Although...every country has their weirdos... just laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UqjvVaU7B4 |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Agreed. No traffic jams, everyone has money, everyone lives in shiny spacious apartments, no broken sidewalks, no crowds.
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| fadedgirl wrote: |
I work with a girl who says she loves Korea, watches K-pop and K-dramas and even takes Korean classes.
Ask her to actually speak Korean and she can't.
She has no Korean friends.
Just really strange. |
K-drama's don't look like Korea to me. If that's what people in other countries expect coming here they're in for a shock. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| BoholDiver wrote: |
Agreed. No traffic jams, everyone has money, everyone lives in shiny spacious apartments, no broken sidewalks, no crowds.
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| fadedgirl wrote: |
I work with a girl who says she loves Korea, watches K-pop and K-dramas and even takes Korean classes.
Ask her to actually speak Korean and she can't.
She has no Korean friends.
Just really strange. |
K-drama's don't look like Korea to me. If that's what people in other countries expect coming here they're in for a shock. |
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This is one reason why I don't usually watch dramas and prefer K-Movies instead. There you've got poor people, crummy apartments, abusive relationships, cigarettes, crime, trash, etc. etc. Your "hero" is some guy who is slightly less of a slimeball than the other guy. |
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