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ella
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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: Kindess = foolishness? |
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| I keep hearing, "You're so kind!" with the accompanying wide eyes. Is this Korean for "You're stupid and you're being taken for a ride?" |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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they think all western foreigners are selfish and individualistic minded so it is shocks them to see otherwise just like when we show we like spicy food  |
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oh_daesu
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| You're so kind! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| oh_daesu wrote: |
| You're so kind! |
Who are you calling a fool?  |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Kindess = foolishness? |
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| ella wrote: |
| I keep hearing, "You're so kind!" with the accompanying wide eyes. Is this Korean for "You're stupid and you're being taken for a ride?" |
Half the time, yes. Half the time, no. |
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oh_daesu
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| oh_daesu wrote: |
| You're so kind! |
Who are you calling a fool? |
You're so kind!  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| When Koreans tell me I'm so kind, I say, "That's kind of you to say that, but actually I'm friendly." |
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oh_daesu
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| When Koreans tell me I'm so kind, I say, "That's kind of you to say that, but actually I'm friendly." |
When Koreans tell me I'm so kind, I say, "That's kind of you to say that, but actually I'm an expert in statistics who calculates insurance rates and premiums." |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| they think all western foreigners are selfish and individualistic minded so it is shocks them to see otherwise just like when we show we like spicy food |
I'd laugh if this wasn't, more or less, true. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Kindess = foolishness? |
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| weatherman wrote: |
| ella wrote: |
| I keep hearing, "You're so kind!" with the accompanying wide eyes. Is this Korean for "You're stupid and you're being taken for a ride?" |
Half the time, yes. Half the time, no. |
Bingo. I'm sure that one of the Korean tranlations for 'kind' must mean 'compliant'. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well, my kindness to my students is rarely rewarded with kindness back. But then they are children.
My kindness to my coteachers is well rewarded, however. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Generosity leads to wisdom. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: Kindess = foolishness? |
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| ella wrote: |
| I keep hearing, "You're so kind!" with the accompanying wide eyes. Is this Korean for "You're stupid and you're being taken for a ride?" |
Ah, wisdom has finally come to you, grasshopper. |
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Leonidas
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Kindess = foolishness? |
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| twg wrote: |
| ella wrote: |
| I keep hearing, "You're so kind!" with the accompanying wide eyes. Is this Korean for "You're stupid and you're being taken for a ride?" |
Ah, wisdom has finally come to you, grasshopper. |
don't be so cynical |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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I have found most foreigners I met in Korea to be "tremendously kind and generous"......especially when giving up their seat to seniors on the subway.....
Gee! You are just TOO kind...................  |
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