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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:20 am Post subject: Funny mall? |
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What do you suppose a multi funny mall is? I found this backlit ad in the Seoul Dongdaemoon subway station. My first take is like "well, thank god! Finally a one stop shopping solution for the person looking to pick up a quart of irony, two pints of sarcasm, a box of slapstick, and a hogshead of black humor...
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:55 am Post subject: |
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If we could only convince our students that fun DOES NOT EQUAL funny!! 
But it does make for some fun (or funny!!  ) signs!
I'm in the market for some puns and corny jokes! Wonder if they sell them there?? |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:43 am Post subject: Re: Funny mall? |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
What do you suppose a multi funny mall is? I found this backlit ad in the Seoul Dongdaemoon subway station. My first take is like "well, thank god! Finally a one stop shopping solution for the person looking to pick up a quart of irony, two pints of sarcasm, a box of slapstick, and a hogshead of black humor...
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Nice... you should submit this to http://www.engrish.com.
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| If we could only convince our students that fun DOES NOT EQUAL funny!! |
I KNOW!! Argh! It drives me crazy sometimes... Ive tried, and Ive given up. Im going to talk to the Korean teachers about it.
My students were saying to me "nice to meet you" every time I saw them, but they couldn't understand me when I tried to correct them. I took it up with the Korean teachers and 2 days later all the kids were saying "nice to see you".
The last foreign teacher here was fluent in Korean, and now I am here and can barely speak a word, the teachers tell me just how much english they have learned! They are almost fluent as it is, but for example, they would say to me 'I wanted to play with you this weekend but I was busy'. Not exactly typical conversation between adults. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| If we could only convince our students that fun DOES NOT EQUAL funny!! |
Sorry to sound like an ass here, but instead of convincing your students, teach it to them with lots of follow up later on. It seems to work for the better students. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| "I lub da Multi-Funny Mall!! Eeet make me fun!!!" |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| weatherman wrote: |
| ajuma wrote: |
| If we could only convince our students that fun DOES NOT EQUAL funny!! |
Sorry to sound like an ass here, but instead of convincing your students, teach it to them with lots of follow up later on. It seems to work for the better students. |
I was thinking the same thing. You know, one is a noun and the other an adjective. Quite easy to teach them the difference. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| chiaa wrote: |
| weatherman wrote: |
| ajuma wrote: |
| If we could only convince our students that fun DOES NOT EQUAL funny!! |
Sorry to sound like an ass here, but instead of convincing your students, teach it to them with lots of follow up later on. It seems to work for the better students. |
I was thinking the same thing. You know, one is a noun and the other an adjective. Quite easy to teach them the difference. |
Surely you meant one is a noun AND an adjective, while the other is only an adjective.
Actually, no -- they're both nouns and adjectives, and one is also a verb.
We had fun.
It was a fun trip.
I was just funning.
He looks funny.
He made a funny. (silly, but people do say it) |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Of course you are 100% correct. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:56 am Post subject: |
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Yep, I've explained (taught, if you prefer!) it...over and over and over....
Fun=rollercoaster
Funny=comedy
Basically "I had fun" OR "IT was funny". But....then we get into
"I was funny" (I made people laugh) OR "IT was fun" (I had a good time).
Sigh.... |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 9:57 am Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
Yep, I've explained (taught, if you prefer!) it...over and over and over....
Fun=rollercoaster
Funny=comedy
Basically "I had fun" OR "IT was funny". But....then we get into
"I was funny" (I made people laugh) OR "IT was fun" (I had a good time).
Sigh.... |
how about explaining the difference in Korean?
����� (funny) vs. ����ִ� (fun) |
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