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Kimchi Cha Cha · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane

I met a number of French nationals and French Canadians whose first comment upon hearing I was from Australia was a condensing remark about European Australia's founding as a penal colony. Seemed quite a coincidence that they were the only people to make such remarks within 10 seconds of meeting me. Needlessly to say, my relationships with said individuals were at the most grudgingly civil from that time on.

Triban · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: Suwon Station

Kimchi cha cha, do I know you? Because I think I coined "It's all about the sejongs" and "I don't make sejongs sejongs make me"

Anyway, nice. NICE.

Who's Your Daddy? · Joined: 30 May 2010 Location: Victoria, Canada.

Although it doesn't quite fit it was funny to me:

Me: I've decided to stop teaching here at the end of the semester.
Co-teacher: You quit?
Me: Yes.
CT: Can you quit?

Kimchi Cha Cha · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane

hi Triban,

I don't think I know you. I was in Korea from 2003 till 2010, 2003/4 in Jeonju, 2004 in Gwangju and the rest of the time in Suncheon, all the time in Jeolla.

The phrase "It's all about Sejongs!", I first started using in 2005 or 2006 and made a few t-shirts/designs online which hardly sold. I've never heard of "I don't make sejongs sejongs make me", though I like it.

I always assumed someone probably came up with "it's all about the Sejongs" around the time Puff Daddy and others coined "It's all about the Benjamins!" back in the mid-late 90s ( my first name being Benjamin is where I first thought of attaching it to Sejongs).

Triban · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: Suwon Station

If I would have seen it, I would have bought a shirt. I deeply regret your awesome business venture fell through.

Clinton · Joined: 21 Jun 2009

Triban · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: Suwon Station

영국 = England/ Great Britain.

That is all.

aq8knyus · Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Location: London

On that topic the Chinese words, which are carried over into Korean, for Britain and the US are very complementary. Whilst France, Canada and Russia etc are just transliterations.

Does anyone know why?

Triban · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: Suwon Station

I haven't studied hanja and have been lax in studying Korean so I will let someone else answer this one.

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

happiness · Joined: 04 Sep 2010

aq8knyus · Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Location: London

@jvalmer

Thanks for that, although I wonder why france got 法.

Back on topic on the other hand when I told people I was going to Korea they all asked if they had TV's and the internet. I think they thought I meant North Korea.

ssuprnova · Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Location: Saigon

A cab ajosshi once asked me if we have many kangaroos in Canada. I said yes.
A few days later in my coworkers class a girl asked her if kangaroos are from Canada.

My goal now is to raise a generation of Koreans who will go to Canada expecting to see kangaroos roaming the streets.

NohopeSeriously · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:20 am Post subject:

Fellow church member: I heard you're from Canada.
Me: Yup.
Fellow church member: I wanna go there.
Me: Why?
Fellow church member: Better church activities. I can also improve my English. It's good to know another proud Presbyterian country other than Korea.
Me: Yo, Canada's Catholic.
Fellow church member: Seriously? How the hell did you manage to live there? Did a Catholic preach to you?
Me: I'm Canadian. Why do you ask?