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nate2008
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Daegu
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 Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: Am I technically a newb? |
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| I'm not offended by the term at all, I'm just curious how long a person has to be in Korea before they are no longer considered a newb. |
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Lonewolf
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| 2 years or more. |
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twaddle
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:13 am Post subject: |
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the correct spelling is n-o-o-b. it's reminiscent of "boob."
Does that offend ya?  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
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ekul
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
Location: [Mod Edit]
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| You're only a newbie if you feel like one. Why you want other people to judge you who knows. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
Yeah me too. I remember getting drunk with this Irish dude and he wanted to fill up my whiskey flask with soju to drink in the cab on the way home. Good times.  |
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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: |
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I've been in Korea for eight years*, am I a noob?
* Since 2001 on and off, so, um, total time of roughly 3 years. |
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Ultimo Hombre
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: BEER STORE
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:58 am Post subject: |
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Who cares?
Enjoy your time here.
This isn't some elite club of VFW members. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| Forward Observer wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
Yeah me too. I remember getting drunk with this Irish dude and he wanted to fill up my whiskey flask with soju to drink in the cab on the way home. Good times. |
I'm sure that was your idea!! My idea was offering it to the driver!! |
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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 Mar 20, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: |
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If you've come here this year or last, then you're a newbie.
If you still talk about how many PC rooms there are, you're a newbie.
If you talk about back home with other foreigners you just meet, you are a newbie.
If you don't know what Dokdo is and who Rain is, then you are a newbie.
If you have never been to Seoul nor Busan nor Jeju, then you are a newbie. |
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LonelyAssasin
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
wat the hell? what a stupid comment
Most of the time people who stayed longer know the country better.
of course there might be some idiot who don't , no *beep*, right? |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| LonelyAssasin wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
wat the hell? what a stupid comment
Most of the time people who stayed longer know the country better.
of course there might be some idiot who don't , no *beep*, right? |
You tend to not make sense. Good luck in the future. |
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LonelyAssasin
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| LonelyAssasin wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
wat the hell? what a stupid comment
Most of the time people who stayed longer know the country better.
of course there might be some idiot who don't , no *beep*, right? |
You tend to not make sense. Good luck in the future. |
you are a grumpy old man |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| LonelyAssasin wrote: |
| jkelly80 wrote: |
| LonelyAssasin wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
Time spent in Korea often means little.
I've met teachers who have been here for years and are still clueless about Koreans, Korea, the ESL job scene, teaching etc.... |
wat the hell? what a stupid comment
Most of the time people who stayed longer know the country better.
of course there might be some idiot who don't , no *beep*, right? |
You tend to not make sense. Good luck in the future. |
you are a grumpy old man |
Get off my lawn. |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Dorky thread. Shame on anyone except me who has responded to it. |
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