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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| billybrobby wrote: |
Oh, and speaking of korean females, what's with the dubious college majors that so many of them seem to have? Here is a scientifically compiled list of the most popular majors amongst female korean college students:
1. Fashion
2. Design
3. Fashion Design
Here's one for male students:
1. Engineering
2. Computers
3. Computer Engineering |
For females, you forgot Food Science and the so ever-so-common Interior Design. It seems every woman between ages 19-23 in Seoul is studying Interior Design. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the complete list:
1. Fashion
2. Design
3. Fashion Design
4. Interior Design
5. Graphic Design
6. Self Photography
7. Food Science
8. Event Coordinator
9. Puppies with pink ribbons
10. English |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| that list is a spoof uni prospectus (featured in the yangpa) waiting to happen |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Writing the number "9" backwards so it looks like a "P". Forgot about that one... |
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Freezer Burn
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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The constant whining and pouting of the K women/girls, makes me wanna slap em.
Kimchi breath. |
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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| I love Korea. But the one thing that gets me is, 119. I mean, I just don't get it, why not 656 or 487. Did it have to be the opposite of the US? |
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sportsguy35
Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| this isn't a "why I hate Korea" thread, I don't think. Reading your replies and having to look at Marylin Manson makes me wanna slap you. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| sportsguy35 wrote: |
| I love Korea. But the one thing that gets me is, 119. I mean, I just don't get it, why not 656 or 487. Did it have to be the opposite of the US? |
I think the ones and the nines are supposed to be so it's as far apart as possible on the keypad, so it's unlikely to be dialed by accident. It's also easier to remember the highest and the lowest than for the other distant pair, three and seven.
Ding! |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| sportsguy35 wrote: |
| I love Korea. But the one thing that gets me is, 119. I mean, I just don't get it, why not 656 or 487. Did it have to be the opposite of the US? |
Yes, it had to be exactly the opposite of the US. Just like 114 (information). What does dialing 611 in the US get you? In Korea, 611 is the Speaking Clock. |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| Well, I'm still mystified as to how many Koreans study English for years, yet they can't string a sentence together to save their lives. |
In Ontario (and I believe all of Canada) we learn French for a minimum of 6 years. I can ask What is your name?, Do you speak English?, and a few other small things in French but I could not communicate effectively with a French person by any stretch of the imagination. I would guess that less than 5% of English speaking high school kids in Canada retain much French. I would assume that it is the same deal here. And English is a lot closer to French than it is to Korean.
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| that twirling pens on the top of fists thing is a joy to watch. The endless, pointless meetings I have it work would be intolerable if it wasn't for that (and heroin). ~Swiss James |
I have never seen it? Can kids do it? I want to ask my students tomorrow. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:32 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| sportsguy35 wrote: |
| I love Korea. But the one thing that gets me is, 119. I mean, I just don't get it, why not 656 or 487. Did it have to be the opposite of the US? |
Yes, it had to be exactly the opposite of the US. Just like 114 (information). What does dialing 611 in the US get you? In Korea, 611 is the Speaking Clock. |
Land line = United Way information
Cell phone = cell phone service line |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:37 am Post subject: |
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I don't understand why Koreans suck their teeth.
No really, I don't understand why. Do they have toothaches? |
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haengdangdong
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| sportsguy35 wrote: |
| I love Korea. But the one thing that gets me is, 119. I mean, I just don't get it, why not 656 or 487. Did it have to be the opposite of the US? |
I think the ones and the nines are supposed to be so it's as far apart as possible on the keypad, so it's unlikely to be dialed by accident. It's also easier to remember the highest and the lowest than for the other distant pair, three and seven.
Ding! |
I called 119 when I found a drunk ajushee on my couch in the middle of the night stealing my jackets. They told me that they were the fire department and that they didn't speak English. They didn't foward my call. |
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DRAMA OVERKILL
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Reading about things that other people don't understand in Korea is making me cranky.... |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sorry to say this but I don't understand why Korean dinners are served with heaps of tiny little side dishes that no one seems to eat. It seems like such a waste (though I suspect they are recycled on the next diners.) |
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