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princess
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 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: The latest Korean pronunciation |
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| During my years in Korea, in Korean, American has always been prononounced as miguk saram...Has anyone heard the latest way of saying it? It's Mikook saram...like the "k" in kooky. Sounds weird to me. I think it's a new slang term. I told someone I am a miguk saram and they laughed and said "Oh,mikook". |
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Pak Yu Man
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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MAybe kook means tall ugly white guy in slang.
Therefore you are a mikook saram. |
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JAWINSEOUL
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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I think it sounds more like Megeuk the g is half way between k/g.
The person is salam, but the l sound is not as pronounced as in English. |
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whatever
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| JAWINSEOUL wrote: |
I think it sounds more like Megeuk the g is half way between k/g.
The person is salam, but the l sound is not as pronounced as in English. |
The hot new way to explain that sound is a soft D. Sadam. Tongue flap ftw! |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Salami cak. That's all they see. One big salami cak. But princess chooses slim jims. And then they're like, "Oh my god! Grand Canyon!" |
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ernie
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| koreans are 'hankook salam' then, so what's the point? |
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princess
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Salami cak. That's all they see. One big salami cak. But princess chooses slim jims. And then they're like, "Oh my god! Grand Canyon!" |
I just reported your post to the mods. You are disgusting to suggest I am a *beep* because I am white. Grand Canyon? Hardly, you idiot! |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Salami cak. That's all they see. One big salami cak. But princess chooses slim jims. And then they're like, "Oh my god! Grand Canyon!" |
I just reported your post to the mods. You are disgusting to suggest I am a *beep* because I am white. Grand Canyon? Hardly, you idiot! |
The Grand Canyon can be wonderful. Everything is like the Grand Canyon when you've got slim jims. Because slim jims are packed with meaty goodness. The more you have, the more meat you get. Salami, on the other hand, is meatier and just one, if it's good enough, is big enough to fit into the Grand Canyon adventure. Lasts throughout the hole hike.
Think about it. |
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aarontendo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| I thought it was damn funny |
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PeteJB
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: |
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As we know, Migook Sarum would be correct. If infact Mikook Sarum is a slang term, yet someone will LAUGH at you for using Migook Sarum, that just shows how dumb people can be. In English, people don't *usually* insult/make fun of other peoples slang or accent especially when its the CORRECT way of speaking. Take for example, a person speaking a refined British accent and then another person speaking a slang British dialect. The person with the dialect (assuming he isn't a total *beep*) will not makefun of the person speaking normally, other than the odd joke about how posh he/she may sound - But only if they are friends. If ofcourse, Mikook Sarum has an entirely different meaning, then that's ok - Still an insult, but not the kind of thing I'm talking about.
What always gets me about Korean is the way people will say "No, no, we don't say it like this... We say it like this..." - When infact, the way you spoke was perfectly fine, it's just not used on the street much. That's useful to know for understanding others, but if a person wants to speak in a refined style, WHY NOT??  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: The latest Korean pronunciation |
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| princess wrote: |
| During my years in Korea, in Korean, American has always been prononounced as miguk saram...Has anyone heard the latest way of saying it? It's Mikook saram...like the "k" in kooky. Sounds weird to me. I think it's a new slang term. I told someone I am a miguk saram and they laughed and said "Oh,mikook". |
Maybe they're making fun of how foreigners pronounce it. One of my American friends who's a linguist has a lot of trouble with that sound, and got really mad because some Koreans were saying "Mikook" a lot to make fun ofhim. |
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billybrobby
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I was chatting with a Korean and they insisted on spelling it that way (미쿡 rather than 미국)...who can explain it? just more hilarious Korean humor. |
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