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S.Korean park features talking pachyderm

 
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:52 am    Post subject: S.Korean park features talking pachyderm Reply with quote

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_fe_st/talking_elephant

Hub of Asia again, huzzah! Hwang Woo-Seok, who?

Long live Kosik!

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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, it looks like he speaks more Korean than the average English teacher.
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laogaiguk



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gang ah jee wrote:
Well, it looks like he speaks more Korean than the average English teacher.


:LOL:
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mindmetoo



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What you have to understand is Korean is the most scientific language in the world and it's clear that Korean is the language of nature.
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yahoo news wrote:
In a study published in the journal Nature last year, researchers found that elephants can learn to imitate sounds, according to Everland.

How hard would it have been to fact check this so that they didn't need to reference everland as the source of this information?
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flotsam



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
What you have to understand is Korean is the most scientific language in the world and it's clear that Korean is the language of nature.


True this.

Also, you have to consider that all of the expressions Kosik uses are variations of 응: nature's dulcet tone, also known as the brown note.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Late-breaking news: Kosik scores 100% on the TOEIC exam.

When asked to comment on his tremendous achievement, however, the long-nosed beast is reported to have commented "...어떻게?...어떻게?...영어말 할수 없어," shortly before stampeding towards the Creatures of South America pavillion and futilely attempting to blend in with the tree frog exhibit.

A spokesperson for the park, Park Min-Cheol, a stocky male, aged 28-34, who lives in Daechi-dong and has a wife and 3 children, agreed to be interviewed under condition of anonimity.

"Kosik is doing fine. In fact, he's recently been hired to teach English at a hagwon in Gaepo-dong. We wish him the best."

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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote:
"...어떻게?...어떻게?...영어말 할수 없어,"


You think so? I didn't really see Kosik as the kind of elephant to use banmal to a journalist.

edit: and what's got you so riled up about TOEIC's low validity all of a sudden?
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Tiberious aka Sparkles



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gang ah jee wrote:
edit: and what's got you so riled up about TOEIC's low validity all of a sudden?


The TOEIC raped my childhood.

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Tiberious aka Sparkles



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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SEOUL, South Korea - He's no Dumbo the Flying Elephant but with his ability to "speak," perhaps as close to the Disney cartoon character as a real life elephant can get.


Can one get cavities through reading? Cancer?

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In a study published in the journal Nature last year, researchers found that elephants can learn to imitate sounds, according to Everland. The study featured the case of an elephant mimicking truck noises.


The study also concluded that elephants can passably imitate the sound of a bass trumpet.

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ChopChaeJoe



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pachyderm babbling Korean, big deal.

Get one to speak English and I'll be impressed.
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