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[Hairy Jim]

Just a thought that came to my grumpy mind as I walked to work this morning

[Ilsanman]

Yes I do.

도대체 뭘 쳐다보냐?

or try this

외국인 처음 봐?

[seoulman1]

or try this

랴ㅐ더ㅐㅑㅁㄷ롸ㅜㅠㄹㄷ먀ㅕ랴도ㅑㅐ뎧뮤모다ㅣㅗㅁㄹ;ㅐ;대ㅑㅗ;ㅐㅑㅗ댜ㅐ노대ㅙ놰ㅑ로내;ㅙ캬ㅑㅑㅑㅗ;ㄷ래ㅑㅗ내ㅑ래ㅑㄹ노ㅑㅐ두류ㅑㄷ규햐ㅕㅠ갸;ㅕㄱㄴ롴ㄴ;ㅠ커ㅜㅁ;ㅏㄷㄹ대ㅕㅑ옴ㅈ;ㅐㅑ콜;ㅐ댜놐러ㅜ니다ㅗㄹ내;ㅑㄹ;ㅗㄷㄴ;ㅑㅐ롸ㅣㅓㄴㅋ;대ㅑ리ㅘㄴㄷ;ㅑㅐ롼ㄷ;ㅐㅑ돤큘;ㅐㅑ대ㅗㄴㅋ햐ㅕㄷ;로댜ㅐ;ㅏㅣ얼뎤;ㄷㄹ나ㅗ'ㅑㅐㅋ;ㄷㄹㄴ;ㅐㅕㅠ렄ㄴ댘;류ㅏㄴ대;ㅑㄹㄷ뉴;;래듇ㅋㄹ냐ㅔㅗㅠㅋㄹ대;ㅑㅗㅠㄹㅋㄷ냐ㅘㅋㄷㄹㄴ;ㅙ

or even better stick your finger deep in your nose hole and pull out a huge gooby

[Ginormousaurus]

I use the second one quite a bit. Their initial reaction is to start to question what it was that I said and then it sets in that it was understandle Korean and they quickly look away.

*edit: I was refering to Ilsanman's post

[seoulman1]

yeh the second one is the best one. Go with the second one definitely. In fact, the first one is much better than the second one. Id use that one.

[IlIlNine]

Probably the easiest, rudest way of saying what you want to say is:

뭘봐? (Something like "Mwol Bwa?")

[KOREAN_MAN]

뭘 꼬라보냐? Maul Go-rah-boh-nyah?

It's a slang for "What'chu starin at?"

[Qinella]

What about "watch where the**** you're going!" I have plenty of opportunities to use this phrase each day, given my 40-minute scooter commute.

I asked a coworker and he said something about opening your eyes, but when he said it in Korean it was so fast all I could understand was 눈.

[Treefarmer]

just call them a aprick in english

they get the message

[komerican]

Human beings are born with eyes. I look at a lot of people when I'm walking. People who are different from the rest will get looked at longer. Of course staring too long is rude but looking, and even looking for an extended time, at someone who looks different is a normal human reaction.

I got stared at in new hampshire, vermont, georgia. I walked into a Friendly's restaurant in a town in Georgia, USA and everyone turned to look at my family. They were long stares too.

[Ginormousaurus]

[Cheonmunka]

The translations you asked for most definately give that 'f u' feeling because of the plain form. Maybe people will laugh. Maybe shocked. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when you say it.

Korean Man, what's the root of this verb - 꼬라보다
What does the 꼬 part mean?

[mindmetoo]

About the only time I feel stared at is in an elevator. Although there was the one drunk 55 year old ajusshi that purposely stood at the urinal next to me and kept looking over at my huge white hunk of man meat. If I could speak Korean I might have said "careful, it can smell your fear".

I get the sense, however, it's better if people like me and many users here don't learn Korean I fear what I'd quip.

[jaganath69]

[KOREAN_MAN]