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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: Engrean |
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We all know and love Konglish, but does neone else speak Engrean. I keep finding my self saying Yea Ne ah (yeah with ne in the middle of it) and when I come across a tricky word I just say it in English adding -uh to the end. ITs pretty effective. I was miming out a sore throat asking for cough sweets for a good 5 mins before I tried, Throat-uh Candy which worked like a charm!
Oh and I found yesterday that the word "same" was met with confused looks, but "same same" they all understood. I find that hilarious! |
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Same-same is big all over Asia, some countries it's pronounced 'samma samma'. The most commonly used term in all languages is OK. Almost every person in the world understands 'OK' it's a very useful-almost non word. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| keithinkorea wrote: |
| Same-same is big all over Asia, some countries it's pronounced 'samma samma'. The most commonly used term in all languages is OK. Almost every person in the world understands 'OK' it's a very useful-almost non word. |
Not quite, in Indonesia 'sama sama' is the equivalent of 'you're welcome'. In Thailand you'll often hear same same, or same same but different. The latter implies that something is nearly the same or a related concept. |
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