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crazylemongirl
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 Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:47 am Post subject: Another been in korea too long thing |
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So I teaching my students addresses and I forget how to say mine in english!
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agraham
Joined: 19 Aug 2004
Location: Daegu, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 4:54 am Post subject: |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| I have to think about it when I tell people how old I am. Answers may vary. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:32 am Post subject: |
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It's not that I can't right it in english that's the problem. Saying it in english is.
argggggggh. |
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Confused Canadian
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Another sign.... 
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
It's not that I can't right it in english that's the problem. Saying it in english is.
argggggggh. |
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Confused Canadian wrote: |
Another sign....
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
It's not that I can't right it in english that's the problem. Saying it in english is.
argggggggh. |
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Yeah I know everything is going to hell.... |
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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crazylemongirl wrote,
"Yeah I know everything is going to hell...."
Everything may have already arrived. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:16 am Post subject: |
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I have the same problem as crazylemongirl. I can say the building number, but my apartment number??? Can't remember how to say it in English!
The other day, someone asked me what "service" (serbisuh) was in English. I SWEAR I couldn't remember!!! Finally, a Korean student who had spent some time in the States helped me out....
"On the house!" |
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chronicpride
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:16 am Post subject: |
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"On the house!" |
LOL! That, plus I use stuff like, 'eye-shopping', 'handapone', 'cola', wayyy too frequently. I can't remember the last time I called a 'dambae', anything else. Oi vey. 
As for counting, I have found myself over the years to now exclusively refer to denominations of won, in Korean. Such a pain in the ass to say it in English to a Korean and have to sit through them counting and tracing all the zeros in mid-air, when trying to decipher '3 million Won'.
And at my office, every Korean has their names reversed in English fashion. Jiyoon Kim, Juno Park, etc...I find it so difficult to not say it reversed in Korean style.
And I remember howling with laughter a few months ago, when a young, bright student would say manwon in english. Not, "I have 2 man'un", but like "2 manwahn".
I think I better get to a beach in Thailand and light up a fat blunt on the asap.  |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| What can be better than "eyeshopping"??? It's EXACTLY right! Shopping with my eyes. "Window shopping"? Shopping with my WINDOWS???? |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| No, no, no... "eye shopping" in proper English means that you're going out shopping to buy eyes, while of course "window shopping" means you're out, erm, shopping for, um, windows... [/i] |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Ahhhhh!!!! So THAT'S why those guys used to call me to try to sell me windows!!! They thought that I couldn't find any with my eyes!!!!! |
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