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Kyrei · Joined: 22 Jan 2003

I am fairly sure that 'same same' comes from not clearly differentiating the /th/ in the expression 'same thing' -- if you say it fast to someone whose language doesn't have that /th/ sound then it sounds same same... know what I mean?

For fun, try explaining the expression 'same difference' to someone.

Kyrei

mj roach · Joined: 16 Mar 2003

samesame = the same (Korea and Thailand)
samesame.. but different = similar (Thailand)

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

This has a good list of Konglish words and their meanings
http://efl.htmlplanet.com/konglish.htm#fabrication

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

One that didn't make the list in previous posting is "short tari" for short leg or legs, and "long tari" for long leg or legs. Korean people refer to someone who is short as the "short tari", and someone who is tall as the "long tari"

Len8 · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Location: Kyungju

Noticed how most students say "cool" when asked for the opposite of "hot". Takes a long time for it to sink in, and I have often wondered why. What in their education makes them fixate on the "cool" as the opposite of "hot" thing.

waterbaby · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

I came across another one today... "Silvertown" for the equivalent of a Korean retirement village.

bjonothan · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Location: All over the place

That's because it is written in Korean, therefore it has a Korean sound to it. They can't pronounce it the same way as we can for obvious reasons.....

Harpeau · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC

I think that we need to make a distinction between Konglish (one shot, cut the film, etc.) and Korean English.

A colleague of mine published a paper about Korean English - a new type of English.

eg. I own my apartment in Kangnam and rent a condo down by the lake. Here, we see that ownership and rental are very different, but according to newer dictionary versions, they are both grammatically correct.

Korean English is evolving slowly and will one day take shape next to Canadian English, British English, etc.

Something to think about.
Harpeau

Zed · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Shakedown Street

I'm amazed that one of the first things mentioned wasn't 'cunning' or 'conning' for cheating. Did I somehow miss a post. This is SO prevalent I couldn't /can't get them to stop using it at either school that I have worked at.

Holyjoe · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: Away for a cuppa

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

"Cutting" means plastic film, like laminating film. I heard this one again today. What is "cut the film?" Never heard that one...

peppermint · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:55 am Post subject:

cut the film: lose one's memory, especially from drinking too much soju.

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

Students seem to be into using ...holic in some form or another. In class one of the girls said she was a shopaholic . I did a double take on that to try and explain that that wasn't the correct word usage. Some other female student then piped up and said do you have "loveaholics". I said no of course, and didn't think it appropriate to explain the correct term for such a person.

Use of the suffix "holic" it seems is quite prevalent. Students were quite interested in my explanation of alchoholic and workaholic, and they were also interested in the use of "addicted to love or addicted to shopping" as being more appropriate.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

I had a teacher explain to me that konglish is used mostly for things that are fairly new to Korea.

Bowling ha da
boxing ha da

Then she mentioned shopping.

Then a student had the best comment ever.

He said...before you all learned english, did food just fall out of the sky?

Of course by shopping, they mean shopping malls, mall culture, etc.

Mosley · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I don't think the "holic" suffix is really Konglish. It's long been used in informal English: workaholic, chocoholic, etc.