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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Maybe the problem with foreigners in Korea (not any of you of course -- always other foreigners) is that korea is so strange it makes many foreigners strange as well. I know sometimes I did not know how to react upon seeing that occasional foreigner once a week or whatever. I stared occasionally too. This wasn't central Seoul though. |
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Daechidong Waygookin
Joined: 22 Nov 2004
Location: No Longer on Dave's. Ive quit.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Are we obligated to be friendly to every foreigner though? Just because we are foreigners? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, I think one of the cooler things about living in Korea is meeting other types of foreigners. In my hometown, there aren't many opportunities to meet Canadians, Australians, Brits, or South Africans. I must say the Americans I meet are generally not of much interest and I tend to keep my distance. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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thanks oigirl, love you too.  Thanks for the nationality generalization that hasn't been said enough on this board.
And saying hi to foreigners you walk by? depends where. If you're in some busy part of Seoul, I think that's a bit much. Probably could say the same about other large cities (busan, daegu, kwangju, etc).
But walking around the alleyways or in some quiet neighborhood? Sure. In a small or mid-sized city? Bien sur. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| thanks oigirl, love you too. Thanks for the nationality generalization that hasn't been said enough on this board. |
It wasn't so much that "all Americans are icky," but rather more along the lines of "if I wanted to hang out with Americans, I could do that in the US."
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And saying hi to foreigners you walk by? depends where. If you're in some busy part of Seoul, I think that's a bit much. Probably could say the same about other large cities (busan, daegu, kwangju, etc).
But walking around the alleyways or in some quiet neighborhood? Sure. In a small or mid-sized city? Bien sur. |
Oh, yeah, but I do that to most strangers I pass, Korean, obviously foreign, whatever, in whatever city or country. |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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You know what? When I see another foreigner on the street I say 'hi', I smile, I wave. All too often foreigners ignore, look away, see you and move away, or pretend to have a call on their cell phones. Truly sad.
I dont want to be your best friend! I dont want to know your life story! I dont want to tell you my life story!
I just want to see some effing civility! |
I'm just wondering why many whities feel the need to acknowledge other whities in Korea, just because they're whities?... If you're one of these people (of course you're not, but I digress), would you do that back home? Would you walk around on the street saying hello to people you don't know in the States or wherever you come from? It's all a bit annoying to me... Should I say hello to every whity I see when I'm in Itaewon or Hongdae?
I'm all for civility, but that's pushing it...[/quote] |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Perennial fun subject on this board. A friendly demeanor simply begets friendliness, or not. Who cares. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Daechidong Waygook wrote: |
| Are we obligated to be friendly to every foreigner though? Just because we are foreigners? |
Of course not obligated, but it's a tough place to be a foreigner. A little friendliness can cheer someone up who may have been having a rough day or a hard time with the place. |
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d503
Joined: 16 Oct 2004
Location: Daecheong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:34 am Post subject: |
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My rules of street etiquette
1. If you have made eye contact with the person (even inadvertently), I think the polite thing to do is at least smile at them or nod your head.
2. If a person is leering at you the polite thing to do is walk away.
3. If someone says hello, say it back.
4. If you accidentally walk in to someone, you should apologize.
that being said I would like to apologize to the guy I smacked into tonight and just stared at, I was composing my Korean words of apology and was startled by you being white--I really am not usually that rude to stare at foreigners
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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It may not be rudeness, just surprise...
Isn't that why so many Asians gawk...? |
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