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prince1900
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:32 am Post subject: Funny conversation misunderstandings |
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Just wondering what you all have experienced while talking to your Korean friends, students, BF's, GF's, etc.
Recently I was with one of my students and looking at some pictures she was showing me. Like most Korean photos, she was in every picture. There were a few where she was acting like a model and I told her so.
Now, my exact words were "You look like you're modeling." Of course, back home this would be innocent banter meant to show that I was actually interested in the pics instead of being bored, as I of course, was.
The thing is, she misunderstood and thought I said something like "You look like a model" to which she replied "Oh...Thank you." Now she seems to think I have a crush on her and won't leave me alone.
So I'm wondering if any of you have had similar misunderstandings and what the consequences were. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, that comes up now and then again.
One of my personal all-time favorites was back during my first contract in 1996-1997 when BILL CLINTON was the U.S. President.
One of my students told me that he wanted to talk about the presidential erection.. over and over.. and I kept saying 'what do you mean exactly?' and he kept saying 'you don't know about the presidential erection??' and it took a good 10-15 minutes of classtime with all of the students involved until I realized it was 'presidential election'! |
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Coffeecup
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 3:18 am Post subject: |
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Haha, this is a funny thread...
Hey Prince1900, well I can't say that having a nice young lady not leaving me alone is necessarily a bad thing  , unless that goes past your teacher-student ethics... Otherwise man I can't wait to be back overseas again...
Hey Tiger, well as far as that phrase, had it been 1998 or beyond then I think "presidential erection" would have had an extensive meaning... I'm just glad you stopped using that man's avatar, though  ... |
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funplanet
Joined: 20 Jun 2003
Location: The new Bucheon!
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my favorite one happened earlier in the year....this really cute girl in one of my classes, she's a bright girl and a delight to teach, asked me one day if I like "p*$$y"....."teacher, do you like p@$$y?" well....this isn't the place to talk about that....blah blah blah....all the time thinking..."what the f#*#)?"
turns out she was asking me if I "like Bush (Bushie)." |
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camel96
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| Hey Tiger Beer what was wrong with that ass anyhow?????????? |
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