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MissMaggie
Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Location: Jeju
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 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: "waygook!!!!!" |
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I just had to post about how I was hilariously accosted in the street last night by an elderly Korean lady.
She was wearing one of those facemasks, so all I could see was her eyes. I was walking with my headphones on, pretty much unable to hear anything, until she stopped and looked at me, her eyes bulged out of her head and she yelled "WAYGOOK!!!!!" loud enough for me to hear her over my headphones. I found the entire thing utterly hilarious. She seemed legitimately surprised to see me. Everyone else on the street didn't react and kept walking, as did I.
Hahaha imagine what would happen if I did that to someone in Canada! |
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bundangbabo
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Better get used to it!  |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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"Waygook" means "foreign country", so what she should have yelled was "WAYGOOKIN!" (of a foreign country) or "WAYGOOK SARAM!" (a foreign country person).
Perhaps you misheard her as you were wearing your headphones. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Waegook might not be correct, but I hear it all the time.
waegookin and waegooksaram are common as well.
I also get migook and daemeori. |
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
"Waygook" means "foreign country", so what she should have yelled was "WAYGOOKIN!" (of a foreign country) or "WAYGOOK SARAM!" (a foreign country person).
Perhaps you misheard her as you were wearing your headphones. |
how does Korea's bum smell? |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
"Waygook" means "foreign country", so what she should have yelled was "WAYGOOKIN!" (of a foreign country) or "WAYGOOK SARAM!" (a foreign country person).
Perhaps you misheard her as you were wearing your headphones. |
how does Korea's bum smell? |
You have the situation reversed, guy. |
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livinginkunsan
Joined: 02 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| livinginkunsan wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
"Waygook" means "foreign country", so what she should have yelled was "WAYGOOKIN!" (of a foreign country) or "WAYGOOK SARAM!" (a foreign country person).
Perhaps you misheard her as you were wearing your headphones. |
how does Korea's bum smell? |
You have the situation reversed, guy. |
maybe you are just a switch hitter then  |
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Yu_Bum_suk
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Someone must be fairly new. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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I wouldn't be too worried about that old chick. A woman once chased me out of a shop in a Busan Market - and she was yelling: "Outsider!" at me.
Welcome to Korea. |
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MissMaggie
Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hahahahaha!
I'm not worried about it, I found the entire thing to be utterly hilarious. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| MissMaggie wrote: |
Hahahahaha!
I'm not worried about it, I found the entire thing to be utterly hilarious. |
After the first dozen times the experience begins to lose its charm. |
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michaelambling
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| MissMaggie wrote: |
Hahahahaha!
I'm not worried about it, I found the entire thing to be utterly hilarious. |
After the first dozen times the experience begins to lose its charm. |
Why hasn't this happened to me yet? I'm in a city of 300,000, and not once does anyone point or yell. I've had a couple girls smile sheepishly, a few children say "hello" (one kid said "thank you" in perfect English when I kicked his soccer ball back to him), but that's about it. |
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jajdude
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| Along with hello and thanks, foreigner is a word we quickly learn in a lot of Asia. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| MissMaggie wrote: |
Hahahahaha!
I'm not worried about it, I found the entire thing to be utterly hilarious. |
Welcome to Korea. Glad you finally made it after all your visa problems. Sorry it wasn't where you first intended, but life has a way of working out for the best more times than not. Good luck. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
Waegook might not be correct, but I hear it all the time.
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If you hear it all the time you must spend too much time with foreigners who insist on calling themselves "waegooks" haha. If you hear it from a Korean you're mishearing. It'd be like a native english speaker saying "Americ!" instead of "American!" or something.. |
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