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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:46 am Post subject: Do Koreans "Communifake" Too? |
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I found this article very interesting:
Why Do We Communifake?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=6056567&page=1
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According to new research from British mobile operator 3, the deceit is particularly used -- or abused -- by younger people. It found that 74 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 24 admit to communifaking.
But it is widespread among the general population with 42 percent of women and 32 percent of men conceding they fake phone calls. |
Do you suppose Korean "communifake" (pretend to be talking to someone on their cell phones) as well? To the extent that Britons apparently do? For the same reasons? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes, they do it for safety reasons. Such as when they're in a taxi and they don't trust the driver, or when they're in a dark place and they want to seem like if something happens the person talking to them will know.
Once I was nosing around behind my apartment trying to find a cat that was howling, and I came out and scared this girl coming home. She pulled out her phone and immediately started talking. |
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