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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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 Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:56 am Post subject: Korean habits you've picked up. |
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I always bow as well as wave now. It probably looks a bit dumb.
I tend to gaze unabashedly at anyone on the subway.
I also breathe down peoples necks until they get the message I want them to move out the way. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| I've caught myself not holding the door for people behind me. I try to be more aware. The best part is when I hold it open and nobody holds it after me, so I become a doorman. This is when I slam the door in to whoever is walking through it. |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
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newb
Joined: 27 Aug 2012
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Dodge7 wrote: |
I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
LOL.
Although I have learned to speak relatively fluent Korean over 5 years, I never speak Korean at work. I refuse to suckered into speaking Korean at work. I force them to speak English to me as I enjoy telling them to repeat what they said over and over. And while doing so they get more and more nervous with stutter. Then they are place in their rightful pecking order.... 
I also do what I want and when I want to. If it bothers them, I still play cultural ignorance card then do it again. If I'm told about it again, I tell them it my habit and the American way. |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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When I visit home I'm always puzzled when the waiter tries to make small talk with me. I think I come across as a nut.
When driving if the guy behind me honks his horn, I don't care. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dodge7 wrote: |
I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
an alpha who obediently stays in a country he hates because of his wife and an alpha who obediently does what his imaginary sky deity tells him to....
um, you should look up the definition of what an alpha is.
anywho, i say "maybe" a lot for things i WILL do. i catch myself doing it all the time. /fail
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:10 pm Post subject: THings |
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| I run traffic lights whenever possible. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Last Saturday, I was in Seoul and I noticed a foreign guy walking hand in hand with a very pretty Korean woman and I felt jealous. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Dodge7 wrote: |
I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
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Overlooked at restaurants.
Served last.
Taken advantage of.
And there's nothing much you can do as you stand there next to your wife like a little boy holding his mommy's hand, emasculated, because she has to do all the talking.
Although this may not apply to you because you may actually know more Korean than I do.
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http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=221921&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Spoken like a true Alpha.
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| Dodge7 wrote: |
I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
an alpha who obediently stays in a country he hates because of his wife and an alpha who obediently does what his imaginary sky diety tells him to....
um, you should look up the definition of what an alpha is.
anywho, i say "maybe" a lot for things i WILL do. i catch myself doing it all the time. /fail |
Yes. I make my wife work and bring the money home to me.. Alpha pimp |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
| Dodge7 wrote: |
I'm still myself. I don't bow (if I do it is very slight, like a nod), I don't see people to the door when they leave and refuse to sit on the floor for dinner.
I'm an alpha damn it! No sell out here. |
| dodge7 wrote: |
Overlooked at restaurants.
Served last.
Taken advantage of.
And there's nothing much you can do as you stand there next to your wife like a little boy holding his mommy's hand, emasculated, because she has to do all the talking.
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http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=221921&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Spoken like a true Alpha.
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Thats because I dont understand the language. I dont bow down to the Korean language. These kind of things happen as a result. Its ok. I keep truckin. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Alphas don't make excuses. Strike two.
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Alphas don't make excuses. Strike two.
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Even our rare breed allow certain situations to override our status as alpha. We ALLOW being the key word here.
Enough with it now. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I think I've found a Korean habit that you have picked up.
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats because I dont understand the language. I dont bow down to the Korean language |
Ha, this is one of the funniest things I've ever read on Dave's!
OP - are you going to ban your wife from speaking Korean to your kid? |
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