Korean Job Discussion Forums

[hari seldon]

People who live in glass houses shouldn��t throw stones.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Ya know, there is a little essay by a man named Swift called "A Modest Proposal." It is considered by many to be the pre-eminent essay in the field of satire. It speaks to the modern form of humour known as irony in many ways. I suggest that you read it, then perhaps read a few of my posts and tell me whether or not you think that I am the sort of person that would make a mistake of the type of which you have accused me. I'm hardly well known, but I really do think that you are going too far.

Si il y'a quelquechose de faut avec ceux que j'ai ecris, dis moi. Und dann konner wir daruber sprechen, vielleicht mit eine Tasse Kaffee und eine Zigarette.

More germanely, go back and read it again. Look for clues in the way that I wrote, look at the form of the response, see if anyone else seems to be understanding what I wrote on a level that differs from yours. Then go back to your hagwon and suck your thumb. You'll probably be there for a while.

[hari seldon]

Take a pill.

[chronicpride]

I like whenever Pyongshin takes a time out to creatively introduce someone to the back of his hand.

[hypnotist]

[hypnotist]

[Hanson]

P.S. wrote:

[Pyongshin Sangja]

I made no mistakes in my native language and I didn't end any of my sentences with three periods like an EFL student...

A few points, Hanson............ ............... ..................

1. We were both wrong. The proper phrase is "S'il y a," not "Si il y a."

2. Quelquechose can be one word or two.

3. You were right about "faut" vs. "faux" and "ceux" vs. "ce." Faut is used to express modality and faux is the adjective denoting incorrectness. Ceux is used to refer to third-persons and ce denotes objects or actions.

4. You were also right about "ecris" vs. "ecrit." In my defence, this is a fairly common error and demonstrates, in my opinion, a greater understanding of the language than a totally nonsensical phrase such as "must of" or a repeated misuse of a homonym.

5. I feel that the "le" in "dis-le moi" is redundant in this instance.

6. Hypnotist, the French is not in the conditional, why would the German be?

7. The inversion of the verb and the subject in German is common and quite acceptable.

8. Anger is a drug.

[indiercj]

[hypnotist]

[Sage Monkey]

Quebecois/Canadian French!

[hypnotist]

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Indiercj:

[hellofaniceguy]

I received a letter from the university I graduated from...someone from korea called them and wanted info. The university sent me a form to sign authorizing them to release my transcripts and or give info over the phone to anyone who calls. I e-mailed them... a request....tell me who the person is who wanted my transcripts. The reply was..."they never called back and so we don't know who it was." Anyway....I replied that I would authorize releasing my transcripts...once I know who the person was requesting them.
I don't know about your transcripts...but...where I went to school...all transcripts have a persons social security number printed on them as well as other personal info. I don't want my personal info being handed out to anyone just because they request it. I had the university send me a few copies and asked them to block out personal info..which they did.
How do you feel about this issue? You don't care who has personal info?

[hypnotist]