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Tarkaan
Joined: 09 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: No Hangul? No Problem! |
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I learned how to order food yesterday. I was bonging soju and got pretty hammered, so I went down the street for a slice. The joint was shut, so I popped into the chicken joint next door and ordered some chicken. While he was cooking my chicken (keep in mind, he spoke no English, I speak no Hangul), the conversation went like this:
Excuse me, can I borrow a pen and something to write on?
Sure, here you go.
This is my address. I live here. If I want you to bring this to me, what do I say on the phone? How does the conversation go?
Oh, no problem. I say "Yuhbohsayo." and you say "blahblahdong, somethingko. Hot fried juseyo." then I say "thank you" because you're obviously not Korean on the phone, and hang up. Then I cook yr food and bring it to you.
Oh, thanks. What if I want this whole roaster here instead?
You say this.
Oh, cheers man.
Cool, n/p, have a seat over there.
Thanks, I'll wait outside, how long will it be?
About 20 minutes.
Ok, cheers.
Outside, I step out of the shadows on a guy smoking.
Can I bum a light off you?
Sure, here you go.
Thanks.
No Hangul? No problem! |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| hangul is written, no spoken. you mean hangul mal. |
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Tarkaan
Joined: 09 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| hangul is written, no spoken. you mean hangul mal. |
Details, details... |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| i speak alphabet |
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salutkitty
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| We did the exact same thing when we first arrived! Waiting for our chicken and my boyfriend gave the boss our address for delivery. Probaly the only foreigners using that chain (we're down in the good old sticks of Yeosu) so he just rings and says "Hello, Yam Yum Chicken Juseyo" the other person says something in Korean and that's it!! 20 minutes later chicken arrives at our door!!! excellent!!!!! |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| salutkitty wrote: |
| We did the exact same thing when we first arrived! Waiting for our chicken and my boyfriend gave the boss our address for delivery. Probaly the only foreigners using that chain (we're down in the good old sticks of Yeosu) so he just rings and says "Hello, Yam Yum Chicken Juseyo" the other person says something in Korean and that's it!! 20 minutes later chicken arrives at our door!!! excellent!!!!! |
btw is it just me.. or am I not observant?
but why do they always fry their chickens? and then give you the crap parts like wings and legs?
the "Oh my chicken" chain makes me chuckle each time I pass by.
the only way I can my chicken grilled, is to buy it a E-mart and put it on my Foreman. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| bogey666 wrote: |
| salutkitty wrote: |
| We did the exact same thing when we first arrived! Waiting for our chicken and my boyfriend gave the boss our address for delivery. Probaly the only foreigners using that chain (we're down in the good old sticks of Yeosu) so he just rings and says "Hello, Yam Yum Chicken Juseyo" the other person says something in Korean and that's it!! 20 minutes later chicken arrives at our door!!! excellent!!!!! |
btw is it just me.. or am I not observant?
but why do they always fry their chickens? and then give you the crap parts like wings and legs?
the "Oh my chicken" chain makes me chuckle each time I pass by.
the only way I can my chicken grilled, is to buy it a E-mart and put it on my Foreman. |
You can get roasted chicken at a lot of places. Damn good too. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| hangul is written, no spoken. you mean hangul mal. |
You fail. |
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tselem
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| Tarkaan wrote: |
| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| hangul is written, no spoken. you mean hangul mal. |
Details, details... |
Hangeul is the alphabet. Hanguk-eo is the language. Thus, you'd want to say you don't speak Hanguk-eo (or Hanguk-mal). |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| hangul is written, no spoken. you mean hangul mal. |
You mean hankuk-mal. |
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Tarkaan
Joined: 09 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: |
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I'm just curious as to why the only people who have corrected me on this are the white people on this board...
The Hangul don't seem to care. They know what I mean. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Tarkaan wrote: |
I'm just curious as to why the only people who have corrected me on this are the white people on this board...
The Hangul don't seem to care. They know what I mean. |
Because the "Hangul" already think white people are all idiots and you just prove it.
Some of us know we're not all idiots and are trying to make you less of an idiot, too.
ETA: OP, you were actually open to the correction and wanted more details. So why does it bug you that others corrected it?
And I screwed up--the idiot is the one who miscorrected you, not you.
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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C'mon, people, give tarkaan a break... He's obviously new to Korea and figuring things out, just like we all did once upon a time. Correcting him is one thing, but putting him down is another.
Hanguk-mal, or hanguk-uh, for lack of better phonetics... |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Tarkaan wrote: |
| I'm just curious as to why the only people who have corrected me on this are the white people on this board... |
How do you know we are all white? Assume much? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| salutkitty wrote: |
| We did the exact same thing when we first arrived! Waiting for our chicken and my boyfriend gave the boss our address for delivery. Probaly the only foreigners using that chain (we're down in the good old sticks of Yeosu) so he just rings and says "Hello, Yam Yum Chicken Juseyo" the other person says something in Korean and that's it!! 20 minutes later chicken arrives at our door!!! excellent!!!!! |
My first day in Korea was a great adventure. I didn't speak a word of Korean (I was expecting to teach in Japan and spoke decent Japanese), lived in a town of 3000 non-English speakers, and there was not an English-speaking local for a good 20 minute drive. My director lived half an hour away, he dropped me off at my apartment on a Friday and said see you Monday!
My first foray into Korea was a food expedition. Saw a cartoon chicken on a sign and figured it was a chicken restaurant ("Pelicana"). Guy is frying up chicken at the deep frier, so I hold up two fingers and say "I'd like two pieces of chicken". He holds up two fingers and says "blah blah blah blah". So I says, "Um, yeah. TWO pieces of chicken."
So I'm walking home with my two boxes of chicken... |
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