Korean Job Discussion Forums

[flotsam]

Well, it's a rainy day and I had a lesson idea a few years back that I used to handle just with my friends, but I thought I would it open it up to the greater Dave's community for the fun of it. It is for a class, so there is a forum conflict(say it ain't so!) but the questions fall within the parameters of the "General" so I put it over here.

Basically, I do a "Family Feud" style survey-based game, and I like to show the kids that we foreigners actually know a thing or two about Korea and in a much more sophisticated sense than the average "foreigners like bulgogi, take the subway and visit Gyeongju" Korean believes. Like I said, I normally do this with a small circle of friends(and then multiply the response total by a thousand[When asked 16,000 foreign residents said their favorite food was bi-bim-bap!!], very few kids actually do the math and figure out that I am messing with them)

So here are the survey questions:

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?
2. What is your favorite Korean food?
3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?
4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?
5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?
6. What is your favorite Korean movie?
7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?
8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.
9. People who lust for females: Who is the hottest Korean female?
People who lust for males: Who is the hottest Korean male?
10. How many years have you lived in Korea?
11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)
12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)
13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.
14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.
15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.

Just so you know:

1. Yogi-yo.
2. Sam-gye-tang.
3. Hwaiting!
4. Around 50.(Feel free to just round off the number.)
5. Pureun Saebyeok(Bluedawn--indie group--I love this question, because the kids so often have no idea of the people we like.)
6. Peppermint Candy
7. Ulleung-do
8. Mun Sori
9. Hwang, Jung-Eum(I am ashamed of having such a crush on a pop star, but if you haven't seen her Maxim layout yet..yowza.)
10. 7-8
11. Deja moo(Source: Numawazawawoo-woo, whatever the hell his ID is. I have no copyright on this term--but it's the best phrase for it.) The same questions and observations again and again and again.
12. The students.
13. "You Korean should be better than it is."
14. "You can eat this? Wow."
15. "Dwaet-geo-deon."

You guys can write in Korean or English or whatever. Besides it being fun to see what all the veteran and newb responses are, I will really appreciate your help and will commit to buying a shot for anyone who does reply at the upcoming Dave's bash. Thanks in advance to for dealing with the parameters, but if anybody has a good question to suggest, please do!

Cheers.

[antoniothegreat]

[cruisemonkey]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?
Maek-jju.

2. What is your favorite Korean food?
None.

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?
Boys who refer to their underwear as "panties".

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?
Four.

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?
I hate them all.

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?
Old Boy.

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?
My apartment.

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.
Korea has celebrities?

9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?
The chick who works at the admissions/administration counter at my local hospital.


10. How many years have you lived in Korea?
Nine months.

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)
The food.

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)
1600 ml Hite 'pitchers'.

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.
"Your place or mine?"

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.
"Korea has four seasons."

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.
"Sam chun maek-jju ju se yo."

[cruisemonkey]

[SPINOZA]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?

감사합니다.

2. What is your favorite Korean food?

참치찌개

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?

Supermarket, meaning very small shop.

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?

I think maybe 12, but that includes a whole family of 5.

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?

Don't be silly.

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?

The one about the Korean War, very violent. Still haven't seen Old Boy.

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?

Namsan.

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.

문근영

9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?

I'm not sure. There are many.

10. How many years have you lived in Korea?

0.75

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)

Frigid girls.

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)

Good employment opportunities.

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.

I'd be delighted if my beautiful daughter married you.

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.

Not hot? (spicy) Aren't you cold? How old are you?

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.

씨발 미친 시람 야? to an older person.

[crazylemongirl]

1. Agi
2. Galbitang.
3. Arggh soo many... so-get-ting.
4. Hmmm hard.. I have lots of Acquaintances in Korea but not many really close friends Korean or otherwise.
5. Crying nut.
6. The President's Last Bang/Shilmido.
7. Along the DMZ (see number 9)
8. The old actor dude in Shilmido who is in all those commercials (he has a sexy voice).
9. The boys on the DMZ, Daniel Henney... The olderbrother off of Taegukki.
10. 3 years.
11. That sometimes I'm not viewed as a person, but some sort of attraction.
12. My students. That there's always something weird to see just around the corner.
13. Talked about their modern history more, like what it was like here during the Park Jung Hee years, the transition to democracy even the IMF.
14. You won't understand it. You're not Korean.
15. With my students Cheonjae. But i also like Banjak-i, Banja-banja, and chook-chook bang-bang.

[tzechuk]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?

sa-rang-hae

2. What is your favorite Korean food?

Bulgogi

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?

Anything that begins with f/l/r/v/z because their pronunciations are so wrong.

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?

May be 10 or so?? On the other hand, may be zero, since I don't go out with anyone except my husband and daughter.

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?

None.

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?

None.

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?

I don't know, to be honest.. my husband has taken me to virtually every corner of Korea and I enjoy our little getaways but frankly, they all look pretty much the same to me.

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.

None.

9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?
Women: Who is the hottest Korean male?

Uh... I don't know. I really do not follow the k-pop scene.

10. How many years have you lived in Korea?

Coming up to 6.

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but [b]brief, please.)[/b]

There are too many things in Korea that annoy me but I put up with them because I have chosen to make this place my home - at least for now.

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)

hmmm... I don't know...

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.

Thank you.

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.

The way they go ooooooooooh when they find out you are married to a Korean man (do they do that to foreign men who are married to Korean women??).

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.

Ssik-kee-lor and mit-chat-sor.

[robb9]

1. Thank you
2 Bebim nangmun
3 same same (well i love it and i hate it at the same time)
4 4
5 asoto union
6 old boy
7 puson (during non vaction time)
8 choi min shik
9 go so young
10 little over two yrs
11 dealing with manners or lack of them
12 bars dont close
13excuse me or parden me
14 anything in konglish, or that may be too spicy for you
15 뭐야

[SuperHero]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?
안녕 하세요

2. What is your favorite Korean food?
닭도리탕

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?
선배/후배 do not equal senior/junior - friend, classmate, colleague or acquaintance are correct

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?
changes from year to year

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?
none

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?
반직왕

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?
서대문 형무소

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.
none

9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?
Women: Who is the hottest Korean male?
my wife

10. How many years have you lived in Korea?
nine years

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)
in the beginning (1997) it was the stares, now it's the fact that everyone assumes won't listen to me speaking Korean but insist on responding in English despite hearing Korean.

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)
My job, my wife, my children, convenience, and low cost of living

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.
anything in Korean.

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.
can you use chopsticks (usually said while watching me use them or after explaining that I have lived in Korea for nine years)

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.
한국말로 하세요.

[Hanson]

[krats1976]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?

Kamsahamneeda (sorry, I'm at home so no typing in hangeul today)

2. What is your favorite Korean food?

Galbi... prefer beef, but usually get pork cuz beef's too flippin' expensive

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?

Too many to choose from, though "hwaiting" is getting up there.

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?

4 very close, a dozen or so casual friends.

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?

Don't like Korean music (nothing against Korea... I'm very picky about music and I don't like a lot of types of Western music either)

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?

Welcome to Dongmakgol was interesting... except for the horrible acting by the English speakers

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?

Gangneung/Soraksan

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.

Does Daniel Henney count?

9. Women: Who is the hottest Korean male?

See #8

10. How many years have you lived in Korea?

Nearing 3

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)

Staring

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)

Safety & respect from my students. Oh, and my resume is golden here.

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.

"Hey, all cultures have flaws... yours, mine... everyone's."

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.

"You're fat." or "You need a diet"

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.

Aigu!!

[inthewild]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?
안녕
2. What is your favorite Korean food?
닭갈비
3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?
아르바이트 Korman? Jorean...?
4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?
6
5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?
자우림
6. What is your favorite Korean movie?
연애의 목적
7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?
My apartment...
8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.
Dude from Oldboy.
9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?
이효리? I think... the girl people said stole Spears' song.
Women: Who is the hottest Korean male?
10. How many years have you lived in Korea?
2
11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)
I can't communicate well with like 95% of the people living here.
12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)
Easy.
13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.
...
14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.
Puck you.
15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.
뻥

[Hater Depot]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say? 안녕하세요

2. What is your favorite Korean food? 순두부찌개

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish? I don't care about Konglish used in Korean. It's their language after all. But some things, like "take a rest", that get taught over and over to generations of Koreans despite being wrong... that really gets me.

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have? 2 or 3 close friends and maybe a dozen acquaintences of varying degrees.

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group? DRUNKEN TIGER.

6. What is your favorite Korean movie? 섹측시정. Brilliant.

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea? The Wa Bar in Osan.

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity? None.

9. Who is the hottest Korean female? 전지현. But there was also this chick I saw in Namdaemun. And I didn't even mention this girl at the temple yesterday, she had these white pants on.. and oh yeah,...

10. How many years have you lived in Korea? A bit over one.

11. What is the worst part of living in Korea? I don't speak much Korean.

12. What is the best part of living in Korea? Friendly people, I get the chance to learn a new language and culture while working a job I love.

13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more. "You know, I don't really think it is important to try and convince foreigners to side with us on political issues involving Japan."

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners. Anything involving an expression of surprise that I do some basic thing, like eat kimchi, drink soju, use chopsticks, and read Korean characters. Especially after hearing me explain in Korean that I have lived in Korea for over a year.

15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase. 한잔하자. But I also love the retrospective particle -던. It's just such a good idea.

[just because]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say?
-Maek-ju

2. What is your favorite Korean food?
-Sam-gye-tang

3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish?
-"Be the Reds" - will drive me crazy during the world cup

4. How many Korean friends would you say you have?
-10

5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group?
-Koyote

6. What is your favorite Korean movie?
-Old Boy

7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea?
-Any part of the coast in the countryside

8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity.
-Hyo-Ri

9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female?
-Without a doubt Hyo-Ri


10. How many years have you lived in Korea?
-4 and a half years


11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.)
-When travelling in peak times to see something it is too crowded and it spoils it


12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.)
-Convinience and the freebies


13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more.
-Sorry for (hitting,etc) you.

14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners.
-Look, look foriegner/american like it is an amazing event


15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase.
-시끄럽다

[Captain Corea]

1. What was the first Korean word you learned to say? - Noonie Arim dap simneeda
2. What is your favorite Korean food? - It changes often but Galbi Tang.
3. What is your least favorite example of Konglish? - I'm fine thank you and you.
4. How many Korean friends would you say you have? - under 6 close ones.
5. Who is your favorite Korean singer or music group? - I'm not fond of Korean music.
6. What is your favorite Korean movie? - The way home.
7. What is your favorite spot to visit in Korea? - My apartment
8. Who is your favorite Korean celebrity? - Lee Hyo Rhee
9. Men: Who is the hottest Korean female? - Shin Mina
Women: Who is the hottest Korean male?
10. How many years have you lived in Korea? - 5
11. What is the worst part of living in Korea. (Be honest, but brief, please.) - The polution and general lack of organization.
12. What is the best part of living in Korea? (Short answer.) - The caring familial attitudes of stranges I meet.
13. The thing you wished Koreans said to foreigners more. - What's that book you are reading?
14. The thing you wish Koreans never said to foreigners. - Do you like Korea?
15. Your favorite Korean word or phrase. - Mogga mogga (my own saying)