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| Which invasion of your eardrums is the worst? |
| The morning vegetable truck. |
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25% |
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| The 'Big Brother' voice in high-rise apartments. |
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6% |
[ 11 ] |
| The voice and music on the Seoul subway system. |
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0% |
[ 1 ] |
| The incessant barrage of Hanguk 'Pop' music. |
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7% |
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| The hacking-up and spitting at any time and/or place. |
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26% |
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| The slurping during meals. |
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8% |
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| The late night sound of loose-fitting heels on the street. |
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1% |
[ 2 ] |
| The whining tone of "Ohhhhnnneeee" (or "Opa"). |
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20% |
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| Sudden outbursts of Korean World Cup songs. |
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2% |
[ 4 ] |
| P.C. Bahng gamers constant use of "EE-SHI" to express disappointment. |
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1% |
[ 2 ] |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| That would be the Munhwa Yogwan in Chongno-gu? |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Most annoying sound? Geeky looking white boys being all gushy with their new found korean girlfriends. The prettier she is, the more annoying  Yes I am single  |
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Gwangjuboy
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| The sound of "nice shot," "oh yea!" and "oh my god," when playing eight ball in close proximity to some fruit cake Koreans. Oh Jesus! |
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Avram Iancu
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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A late addition to the list:
Sitting in a bar, when.......No!.....Christ!......not again!,.....it's the "Happy Birsday" song....
played more often than at a "Chuck E Cheese" and "Olive Garden", COMBINED...
"Happy, Happy, Birsday"....(raising gun to temple)... |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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The tiny dog yelping throughout the night and no one does a damn thing to stop it.
The full-out throttle of motorcycles ripping past my apartment at 500am Sunday morning followed by the church choir singing at 530am!
The 600am drunk guy outside the car yelling directions to the drunk driver who is trying to park the car. "Uh Uh Uh, Uh Uh Uh...."
The 700am Saturday morning construction crews and their electric power tools turned on at 705am ON A SATURDAY!
| schwa wrote: |
| I seldom hear jackhammers (brick sidewalks are sensible). |
No jackhammers! Wow, you are in a very unique location.
What! You mean there are a couple of brick sidewalks somewhere in Korea? Do you think that is unique to Korea? No, then what's the point? |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Avram Iancu wrote: |
"Happy, Happy, Birsday"....(raising gun to temple)...
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I find it really sad sometimes when I read this board, how people allow simple, inoffensive things to make them angry. I find the birthday song really endearing, how everyone in the bar claps to wish that person a happy birthday, it's over in less than a minute usually, and you know someone there is having a great evening. That's one of the things I find really cute about Korea. Nobody else in the bar minds; why should you?
The sound I find most irritating in Korea is that howling of the groups of rapid christians who bellow into their microphones in Myeong-dong and Itaewon, and occasionally outside temples. I realize that in their eyes they are trying to save our soles, but I cannot but really quite hate them for their self-riteousness and bloody noise. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Korean girl having an arument with her boyfriend, the long wail that can go up and down and up and up and down again, surely the most intonated single syllable I've ever heard in any language ...
"Opa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaae!"
And the morning vege man
"Kamjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sssssssamnidaaaaaaaaa" |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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The most annoying linguistic feature of Korean is that phlegm-induced muffled "krghhh krrrghh" sound when they're chuckling at something funny. Sounds like that suction tube in your mouth at the dentist's.
The most annoying sound on k-tv is the brainwashed female audience going in unison, 'ooooohhhhh' at something that's supposed to be impressive.... every ten seconds. |
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Universalis
Joined: 17 Nov 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Park Kyung-lim's voice.
Brian |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote: |
Korean girl having an arument with her boyfriend, the long wail that can go up and down and up and up and down again, surely the most intonated single syllable I've ever heard in any language ...
"Opa, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaae!"
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This may be the first and last time I will ever agree with our dearly departed kiwiboy. It was the very first "annoying sound" that came to my mind, and so I voted for it.
However, this was absolutely right on as well:
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject:
The traffic-directing whistle-blowing fools who start up at 7am on Saturdays. Phwweeeeep (you may go straight), phhwweeeeeeeeeeep (you must stop), PHHWWWEEEEEEEEEP (left turning traffic please give way) PHHWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP (left turning traffic may now go) PHWEEEEEP (right turning traffic, now it's your turn to give way to the left turning traffic) PHHWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!! (that's to wake up the guy whose trying to sleep 10 metres away - me) |
I lived about a kilometre away from Everland, and boy did they like their white-gloved traffic directing.
Another interesting sound I noted was the construction yard conveniently located right next door. They would be inexplicably Dropping Things On Other Things From A Great Height at obscene hours on Sunday mornings.
I got used to the vegetable trucks, and the merrily singing Russian acrobats as they passed under my window. The mournful whimpering of the neighbour's bosintang dogs never got any easier to bear, though. |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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i hate...
#1: Men whining. Yaaaaaaa....weeeeeeeaaaaaaaa...
#2: Women whining. Oooooopaaaaaa.....Hajeeeeeeemaaaaa
#3: The sound of wild boars at the dinner table (i.e. slapping food against open chops)
#4: Ajumma gum chewing
#5: Slurping spit through the teeth (like when something is difficult to do)
#6: The throaty "I'm going to spit" sound old people (and ajummas) make
#7: Speaking Korean |
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inkoreafornow
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Location: Gyeonggido
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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I am forced to sit between my two Korean coworkers (age 28 and 29) who seem to do nothing but talk to their boyfriends on their cellphones. The conversations seem to always go south and the ladies start saying crap like "gujimal hajimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" and do the princess shoulder shake while talking on the phone! What's trully annoying is that while one of them is doing the shoulder shake, the other one is usually doing the baby talk voice that Korean women use with their boyfriends  Combine the two of these and you have quite possibly the most annoying sound on earth!
So, as soon as I see them take out their phones, I take out my headphones. I've explained it to them like this: when I work I need to concentrate. If you need to talk to me while I'm working, please get my attention by tapping on my desk.  |
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antoniothegreat
Joined: 28 Aug 2005
Location: Yangpyeong
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject: what about |
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I think you forgot the sound of the old korean guy that speaks to you for five minutes with you saying you dont understand, but he just keeps going and going, even as you walk away.
also, at three am: kai, gai, bo! ha ha hahah (or whatever it is for rock paper scissors)
and lastly, that damn birthday song... |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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The sound of a Korean man clearing his throat as he squares his shoulders, steels his eyes, and strides to meet the oncoming foreigner.
The sound of a Korean man clearing his throat (etc) and spitting.
The slower sound of a Korean man spitting/drooling into a paper cup beside him, full of collected spit and plegmn, in the pcbang. Don't ask me why he does this; is spitting addictive? Is it to go?
The sound of a foreigner writing and thinking seemingly obsessed with spitting and its significance, haha. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I really hate hearing the trannies in Itaewon yell "Onni onni!!" |
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