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bignate
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
Location: Hell's Ditch
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| matthews_world wrote: |
| Had a girlfriend who's last name was Woo which is not too common. She mentioned that she was related to some king or lord about 5 or 6 generations back. |
I think just about every Korean says that, my wife being one of them. Maybe that's why there are so many kong-joos and wang-jas.  |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| bignate wrote: |
| matthews_world wrote: |
| Had a girlfriend who's last name was Woo which is not too common. She mentioned that she was related to some king or lord about 5 or 6 generations back. |
I think just about every Korean says that, my wife being one of them. Maybe that's why there are so many kong-joos and wang-jas. |
In one of my seminars at grad school, we had one of those "go around the room and introduce yourself" kind of things.
The guy sitting next to me, with a straight face, starts going off about how his last name was Korean royalty and that, in fact, one of his direct ancestors was a descendant of Confucius himself.
Hard to follow that one up, but the other guy next to me casually mentions that if you go back enough generations, practically everyone is related to any famous name you want to pick.
I thought the Korean guy was going to kill him. |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| My gf's family name is Ho, (definatley not Oh, its got the h-sounding letter than the o-sounding letter in it) she tells me its very rare and means that she's related to an Indian princess or something... |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
| My gf's family name is Ho, (definatley not Oh, its got the h-sounding letter than the o-sounding letter in it) she tells me its very rare and means that she's related to an Indian princess or something... |
Or Ho Chi Minh?  |
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