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Squid
Joined: 25 Jul 2003
Location: Sunny Anyang
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| Wifey's great unless she's outnumbered. Then she gets shy. |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| 98% all korean... f all english, can understand it, speaking is poor, very poor |
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taegu girl
Joined: 20 Apr 2004
Location: California
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Hubby's English is fine and he is not shy at all around my friends. He is used to American English but he says British English is more clear. Sometimes the conversation is not interesting to him so he doesn't get involved in it, and does his own thing especially if the person is a closer friend of mine than his. Hubby used to have a problem understanding his Indian coworkers' English. It wasn't the vocabulary or word content. It was the accent that would throw him off but now he is used to it. |
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Harin
Joined: 03 May 2004
Location: Garden of Eden
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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well, i do ok with my boy's friends. 
however, my boy gets bored whenever he hangs out with my korean friends. he doesn't speak korean and none of my korean friends speak english well. naturally, i don't invite my boy to any of my social gatherings with korean friends. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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My girlfriend can speak pretty good English. Sometimes I have to explain something to her.
The thing that really is bizarre is sometimes she will talk to herself in Korean. I usually ask what she is saying because I'm curious. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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My missus as well speaks great english but when we are all on the drink it cna get hard for her as everybody speaks up and gest faster.....that is when she gets a little worried.
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| I don't subject her to nights out with my friends very often. That's my special time to talk sports and swap manly stories, and generally by the end of the night I'M the one who's unable to communicate effectively. |
I'm pretty much like this as well....
I like time with the mates to just have a muck around and speak stupid crap that she would never be interested in anyway and she is more than fine with that...she will usually go out with her friends anyway... |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Your Korean spouse/gf/bf |
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| How comfortable are they talking with your friends (native English speakers)? Also, how well can they communicate, understand and follow a conversation..?? |
None of your business.
(Why people ask questions like this...or like "what do you wear when you're home alone..")
y'all have got to be bored. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| Did someone step on your toes today, corporal? |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| Too many painkillers. Makes me confrontational. |
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astroboyfan
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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That is just normal Corporal giving rude comments to things she could just pass over. I guess we cant blame her though, she must have had a terrible time growing up (though it's questionable if she ever did  ) |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:29 am Post subject: |
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Oh please, you were obviously trolling with the OP (probably in cahoots with buddy bradley as well) as evidenced by your follow-up comment:
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| So, if your husband cant speak english how do you communicate? How good is your Korean?? |
You were just waiting for someone to give you a straight answer so you could criticize it.
(This is of course unless you really have some deeply valuable insight to offer on the subject of communication within Korean/foreign relationships. Which I HIGHLY doubt.) |
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Pulgasori
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: En Route to Daejeon
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| My GF's English is very strong, her time studying in Canada did her well. She's been told by some of my co-workers that she sounds like a total valley girl! |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Dude that is one TRIPPY avatar. |
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astroboyfan
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| Corporal wrote: |
Oh please, you were obviously trolling with the OP (probably in cahoots with buddy bradley as well) as evidenced by your follow-up comment:
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| So, if your husband cant speak english how do you communicate? How good is your Korean?? |
You were just waiting for someone to give you a straight answer so you could criticize it.
(This is of course unless you really have some deeply valuable insight to offer on the subject of communication within Korean/foreign relationships. Which I HIGHLY doubt.) |
Wow, the queen of jumping to assumptions too. How exactly was my post offensive. I was genuinely curious, and still am. Glad that you took the time to de-rail the post. I also, hope that you are as eager in your relationship, as I am in mine to understanding my "significant other" and that you are not just a bitter ���ܸ� with a huge stick up her ass. Either way, for everyone else, thank you for honestly giving your imput. Glad not all posters are as ignorant as Corporal is. |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| astroboyfan wrote: |
| Wow, the queen of jumping to assumptions too. How exactly was my post offensive. I was genuinely curious, and still am. Glad that you took the time to de-rail the post. I also, hope that you are as eager in your relationship, as I am in mine to understanding my "significant other" and that you are not just a bitter ���ܸ� with a huge stick up her ass. Either way, for everyone else, thank you for honestly giving your imput. Glad not all posters are as ignorant as Corporal is. |
Speaking of ignorance, the word is "input", o challenged one, and you derailed the thread yourself with this accusatory post right here:
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| So, if your husband cant speak english how do you communicate? How good is your Korean?? |
With those two questions, you implied there was something wrong with having a husband who can't speak English, then you implied that her Korean would have to pass some sort of test in order to convince you that their relationship warrants the Astroboy Good Seal of Approval.
I'd go further and suggest that you know perfectly well there are some posters on this board who frown on entering into relationships with a person not fluent in one's own native language, and moreover who take every opportunity on this board to criticize those who are in multilingual or omnilingual relationships, and that you were hoping these critical persons would show up on this thread and do your dirty work for you---BUT---that would be making an assumption, and I don't want to do that at this time. |
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