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[Moldy Rutabaga]

Do Koreans know what those shirts mean when they have vulgarities in English on them?

[coldcrush]

no.

alternatively, yes.

[peony]

the opposite would be, I bought some t-shirts in Apgujung and one of them features stick figure dogs, 1 mama dog and 3 small ones trailing and underneath it says 'geseki' in English

another one is in big letters '18 nyun'

i thought those were funny and wondered if any tourists ever bought them not knowing what it meant

[turtlepi1]

If they know what they mean they are the coolest kids I know.

If they don't they are the funniest kids I know.

Especially the stuff the girls wear. There is some perverted English speaking "westerner" out there making these "Konglish" mistakes. I'm sure of it.

[pet lover]

One of my very tall, graceful and very pretty girls wore a necklace that was a playboy bunny one day. I took her outside in the hall to explain to her what that symbolized. She hasn't worn it since. At some of my previous locations, I woudn't have blinked twice. But there are a LOT of soldiers in this area and I didn't want her to get harrassed because she CERTAINLY didn't LOOK like an elementary school student.

[The Great Toad]

I was maybe mean but I had to correct a very sweet 20 year old lass on the subway in Seoul her shirt said:

HUSTLER

I felt that if I did not maybe if she went to America and wore it guys would (not think she was a real *beep*) but believe her to be a girl who enjoys casual sex - and from the red color her face turned when I explained her shirt she obviously was not (a girl who engages in free sex)

whats wrong with the "whole" er who errrr word I was just explaining she was a sweet uni girl and not this... that should not be bleeped

[huck]

You just randomly told a woman on the subway that her t-shirt was perverted? that's funny...

I was wondering the same thing last week when I saw a guy wearing an Abercrombie and Fitch tshirt, that said "Spring Break" and "Wet Tshirt contest"...

And I wondered - do they even know what those two phrases mean?.....not that it really matters.....

[zappadelta]

I have 2 funny shirts at my elementary school. One boy wears a Cannabis shirt with a big pot leaf on it and one girl always wears this shirt that says "Break Springs on Spring Break."

[Derrek]

I saw one in Kangnam today that said, "I HATE MY SKIRT!" with an arrow pointing down.

She was wearing jeans.

[yesterday's child]

oh, take it from me, they all know very well what every word on their clothing means; they just pretend they don't know. It's all an act, baby.

[peppermint]

One of my students came to school a couple of weeks ago wearing a skirt that had F'ing Freezing written across the arse. I took a pic cause I couldn't believe it.

[kermo]

I bought a gorgeous shirt last night in Dongdaemun:

Spiffy red and black "Adidas" design, bearing the words "LARGE INTESTINE."

[gypsyfish]

The worst I ever saw was a kid around six years old wearing a t-shirt that said Just Do Me. It just creeped me out.

[trevorcollins]

One of my elementary school girls was wearing a beige t-shirt the other day with bold brown letters across the chest saying "CRUNCH THESE" Not sure what it was supposed to mean, but nevertheless I declined her offer.

[Pyongshin Sangja]

I had an eight year old student with a shirt that said, "Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"

Sadly, I had.