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Which Korean word would you add to the English lexicon?
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meangradin



Joined: 10 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:49 am    Post subject: Which Korean word would you add to the English lexicon? Reply with quote

I have to vote for "a-sa." I always use this little gem of a word. On a side note, my young kids go F'n crazy when I use it in class, especially when I pair it with a hand tag.
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casey's moon



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"ah-ee-go" and "him-du-roh"

아이고 -- 힘들어
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

aish
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Satori



Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hong... ( cute version of hol )
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ahjuma...I'd just love calling it out in American restaurants and see some middleaged waitress run/shuffle over w/ a bottle of soju in her hand!
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Kimchi Cha Cha



Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

잠깐만(에요) - jamkkanman(eyo)
잠시만(에요) - jamsiman(eyo)

Love the way those two roll off the tongue so smoothly.

And, you can't go past 똥 (ddong), ask any elementary kid. Rolling Eyes
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kermo



Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We need "nunchi" in the biggest baddest way.
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SuperHero



Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

a/s because Korean after-service really kicks ass over any service I didn't receive in Canada.
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swetepete



Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I say "chin-cha?" a lot.
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's that word for two guys who've slept with the same girl? That would be helpful.

I like 헐. Hol! Hol!
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Troll_Bait



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like "shil-ah."



Instead of going through the bother of saying: "I would prefer not to," "I'd rather not," or "I really don't want to," just say,"Shil-ah! Shil-ah! Shil-ah ~ ah ~ ah ~ ah!"
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That sounds like shil-ah to you?
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thebum



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
Location: North Korea

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Qinella wrote:
What's that word for two guys who've slept with the same girl? That would be helpful.

I like 헐. Hol! Hol!


a korean friend of mine told me that was "구멍친구". he said that's when two guys share a girl (maybe regularly...i'm not really sure......we were drunk and i didn't get enough details.)
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Hotpants



Joined: 27 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I want 'balli balli' to be universally recognized to mean 'Get out of my way!'
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thebum wrote:
Qinella wrote:
What's that word for two guys who've slept with the same girl? That would be helpful.

I like 헐. Hol! Hol!


a korean friend of mine told me that was "구멍친구". he said that's when two guys share a girl (maybe regularly...i'm not really sure......we were drunk and i didn't get enough details.)


구멍동서, which by its literal meaning just sounds so dirty, sexist, and insulting to the woman that I laugh every time I think of it.
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