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Any Zachs in Korea?
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Zutronius



Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon

PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:27 pm    Post subject: Any Zachs in Korea? Reply with quote

I had my first phone interview for a job in Korea, and the woman doing the interview kept on calling me Jack and not Zach. Is this pretty common in Korea and should I expect on be calling Jack everywhere I go? I had a Korean Grade 10 Science Teacher (amazing teacher!!) who also called me Jack. Just got curious about the name/pronunciation bit.
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bobbyhanlon



Joined: 09 Nov 2003
Location: 서울

PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

there's no 'Z' in korean pronunciation.. the closest approximation is 'J', hence jack.
i remember a story about someone being asked 'do you like jews? i really hate jews'.. after the shock wore off, he realised the guy was talking about places where you go to see lions and giraffes..
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regicide



Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:04 am    Post subject: Re: Any Zachs in Korea? Reply with quote

Zutronius wrote:
I had my first phone interview for a job in Korea, and the woman doing the interview kept on calling me Jack and not Zach. Is this pretty common in Korea and should I expect on be calling Jack everywhere I go? I had a Korean Grade 10 Science Teacher (amazing teacher!!) who also called me Jack. Just got curious about the name/pronunciation bit.


I knew a Zack at Heritage a few years back. I thought his was name was Jack for the first few months. Still around Zack?
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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a friend named Zack in Korea. Not only would Koreans pronounce his name as Jack, but they would try to correct is spelling when he wrote his own name with a Z.
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Zutronius



Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Start calling me Jack then. Razz
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cbclark4



Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now you know what your first lesson will be.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

I think if you start with nose then cary them through buzzer and into zipper and finally Zach, they'll get there.

Good luck
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merkurix



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a friend named Zane. That fellow has it far worse than any Zacks I know.
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JustJohn



Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I give on the fly pronunciation lessons all the time. "In English we say zzzzzzoo. Make this sound at the start: zzzzz. Zoo." Usually works.
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normalcyispasse



Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heh -- yeah, that one's always funny.

The other day one of my kids ran up to me with animal stickers on her hand.

"Teacher! I have a jew!"
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

merkurix wrote:
I have a friend named Zane. That fellow has it far worse than any Zacks I know.

(I was planning on posting this even before I saw your post.)

I was at a house party in Skanktaewon where there was not just one but TWO Zanes. Goddamn! They must be the only two Zanes in all of bloody Northeast Asia, and there they were, the both of them, drinking brews, smoking cigs, and yakking... on one dumb balcony in Skanktaewon. I knew almost nobody there, so I starting introducing myself Zane as well.

Zane
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I used to go to my "Free Korean" classes, the woman teacher in charge kept calling me "Lon"

Distinguishing "r's" from "l's" is a very common problem among Asians in general.

When I lived in Miami I knew many Brazilians who pronounced long e as short i, hence "beach" became b-i-t-c-h and "sheets" became s-h-i-t-s ...
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merkurix



Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

JongnoGuru wrote:
merkurix wrote:
I have a friend named Zane. That fellow has it far worse than any Zacks I know.

(I was planning on posting this even before I saw your post.)

I was at a house party in Skanktaewon where there was not just one but TWO Zanes. Goddamn! They must be the only two Zanes in all of bloody Northeast Asia, and there they were, the both of them, drinking brews, smoking cigs, and yakking... on one dumb balcony in Skanktaewon. I knew almost nobody there, so I starting introducing myself Zane as well.

Zane


LOL . . . I had to do a double take on your "Skanktaewon" reference as I almost read it as "Saskatchewan."
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a Zach on the expats site......

I worked with a girl name Aurora. People kept calling her Laura.
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Newbie



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You guys are all crazy.

The Korean language can emulate all sounds perfectly! It is the perfect language. You are simply imagining these flaws. It is clearly just a mistake with your listening comprehension.

Do I actually have to throw in a Wink , or do you all understand that I'm b.s-ing?
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periwinkle



Joined: 08 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Newbie wrote:
You guys are all crazy.

The Korean language can emulate all sounds perfectly! It is the perfect language. You are simply imagining these flaws. It is clearly just a mistake with your listening comprehension.

Do I actually have to throw in a Wink , or do you all understand that I'm b.s-ing?


Har, har- don't you love having to qualify your posts in order to eliminate misunderstandings?
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