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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: Because jews can be expensive |
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I was trying to figure out this sign I found in Gangnam:
I wondered if it was related to this:
I noticed this school near my place. At first I thought it was for Jewish Koreans but later a Korean friend explained some hagwons base their educational approach on Jewish principles. Many Koreans seek to emulate Jews: they're a minority, strong on education, lots of Jews become doctors, lawyers, scientists, and they don't let their daughters marry non-Jews.
I also worried that maybe it was meant to imply "cheap Jew". Like "get your bargains here." This company was using a stereotype.
But as it turns out, another Korean friend figured out it was for an online jewelry store:
http://www.freejew.com
I guess "jew" is one of those "don't those Koreans know how unappealing that sounds in English" contractions. For example:
Sand for anything that sandwiches something. Also there's the "pia" thing. Liquor Pia. Hair Pia. Koreans take the "pia" from utopia. Although no one in English would use "pia" as it sounds too much like "pee". |
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fatpat
Joined: 05 Oct 2005
Location: The bright lights of Namchang
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Completely off topic but this reminded me of when my boyfriend's boss asked him if he liked Jews when we first arrived here. Poor Pat didn't really know what to say, of course he doesn't dislike Jews but he doesn't have any Jewish friends. Why was his boss asking him if he likes Jews? Is he anti-semitic? He didn't want to upset his new boss. Of course it turned out he was aking if he liked zoos, duh!  |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| Many Koreans seek to emulate Jews: they're a minority, strong on education, lots of Jews become doctors, lawyers, scientists, and they don't let their daughters marry non-Jews. |
My (converted) Jewish cousin back in Australia is married to a Korean. |
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Axl Rose
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| At first I thought it was for Jewish Koreans |
there are jewish koreans?  |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Axl Rose wrote: |
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| At first I thought it was for Jewish Koreans |
there are jewish koreans? |
My cousin fully intends to raise his son as a Jew, although given the matrilinial nature of the religion, he may have to undergo conversion. At anyrate, he'll be a Half Korean Jew. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: |
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I mentioned this about 6 months ago: why do some of the inter-city buses, specifically the 1005-1 from Bundang to Gangnam/Gwanghwamun, have the Star of David on the back of their side mirrors?
Sparkles*_* |
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Gorgias
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Thanks so much. I've been wondering about "PIA" forever. Can you shed any light on "CODY"?
I recall reading there are about 600 Jews in Korea; mostly foreigners, so the article said.
Personally I always try to indocrinate my students with Zionism. Not joking. Got a mom buy the class a pizza party for that once. Seems Korea is maybe one of the few non-anti-semetic countries in the world.
jewcity6 |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| Why are the Jews on the billboard reading Arabic? They seem to be pretty happy about it too. |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| Why are the Jews on the billboard reading Arabic? They seem to be pretty happy about it too. |
Its the directions to the hamas rocket depot and they are mossad masquerading as the traditional jewish image. |
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Beavis
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Where's mithridates?
I want to hear a story about Super Jews' Day! |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Because jews can be expensive |
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| What is ������?? Kugel, gefilte, and a bagel with a schmear? |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| fatpat wrote: |
| Completely off topic but this reminded me of when my boyfriend's boss asked him if he liked Jews when we first arrived here. Poor Pat didn't really know what to say, of course he doesn't dislike Jews but he doesn't have any Jewish friends. Why was his boss asking him if he likes Jews? Is he anti-semitic? He didn't want to upset his new boss. Of course it turned out he was aking if he liked zoos, duh! |
I was once at the tourist information booth at the bottom of the hill, near the public restroom in Itaewon. I asked where I could go to see the native birds of Korea. They told me, "The Jews!! The Jews!!" I spent quite a few minutes puzzling over this supposed extermination of avian life by a near-absent group, until I made the sound substitution... |
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MotleyRoadCrue
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: Hello there fellas |
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yawn...
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0739101676&itm=1
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| The popularity in Japan of books about Jews has climbed to staggering proportions....What explains the virtual obsession with Jews in Japan�a country that has no Jews? Many of the Japanese books about Jews are overtly antisemitic; but even a large number of otherwise respectable scholarly books are replete with egregious distortions and antisemitic canards, and most propagate the myth that Jews control the American media and dominate international finance. How can we account for the indiscriminate mixture of fact and fantasy in the Japanese view of the Jews? In this cultural and intellectual history of modern Japan, authors David Goodman and Masanori Miyazawa use the Japanese image of the Jews to illuminate the Japanese mind. Tracing the sources and historical development of this image of the Jews against the background of Japan's emergence from centuries of cultural isolation, the authors reveal how its subtle alterations over time also reflect the changing character of Japanese social and political experience in this century. But while the Japanese do seem to have accepted all of the worst anti-Jewish stereotypes at face value, the remarkable fact is that, unlike Western antisemites, the Japanese frequently admire the Jews for achieving such disproportionate power, and argue that their countrymen should follow their example. |
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