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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| I remember living with a Korean roommate back in Vancouver. One day I came home and he said �����߾��. I thought he said sugoissuyo (�������ê��裩so I said "Nani ga?" ����������and he was like "what?!" |
Ya know, somebody needs some pronouns. I get the joke, it's just...odd. |
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Gladiator
Joined: 23 May 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: banmal |
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If he used that expression and addressed the whole staff he was almost certainly the highest ranking person in the room at the time.
As others have stated, Korean CEOs have the perogative, and take great satisfaction, in addressing their staff like children. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| he's kind of a weird guy, sometimes very formal he complains if I don't shave, makes the other guys tuck their shirts in |
Shaving and tucking your shirt in is 'very formal'? |
I work in software so we don't need to look smart, plus he's not really my boss- or in fact the direct boss of any of the other guys he tells what to do or says "sugo hae" too.
As for the arm wrestle- I walked all over him- one week later he'd transferred to another department.
Coincidence? |
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