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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: Cheer up! |
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Who is responsible for the massive misuse of this phrase?
I'm for re-educating the masses. The next person who says "Cheer up!" to me is going to get a lesson on culture and emotional sensitivity. Who's with me?
(I'm having a bad week at school.)  |
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, I know how you feel! Luna, just Cheer up! Things will get better, I'm sure! |
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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| mercury wrote: |
| Hey, I know how you feel! Luna, just Cheer up! Things will get better, I'm sure! |
Aww sarcasm. Feels like home. Thanks!
*hugs*
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Actually I got tired of hearing it as well. I think it was printed in some middle school text book from the 1950's and now has become ingrained in the Korean English education system. I am working in Japan and have never heard it once. |
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Luna
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Location: seoul suburbs
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| mercury wrote: |
Actually I got tired of hearing it as well. I think it was printed in some middle school text book from the 1950's and now has become ingrained in the Korean English education system. I am working in Japan and have never heard it once. |
I think what really bothers me is when I'm trying to communicate about a serious issue. I'm trying to solve a REAL problem and the response I get is something along the lines of... Life is hard. Cheer up!
ugh.
Interesting that it isn't endemic in Japan. |
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Luna wrote: |
| mercury wrote: |
Actually I got tired of hearing it as well. I think it was printed in some middle school text book from the 1950's and now has become ingrained in the Korean English education system. I am working in Japan and have never heard it once. |
I think what really bothers me is when I'm trying to communicate about a serious issue. I'm trying to solve a REAL problem and the response I get is something along the lines of... Life is hard. Cheer up!
ugh.
Interesting that it isn't endemic in Japan. |
That would be like the time that there was a "misunderstanding" between the elementary school and the district office and my husband and I were told we were fired.
Cheer up, Kat! I almost punched her. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I ran into this today with some of my students. They saw a picture of a couple women, and felt that the women looked sad. They wanted to write a caption where one makes an encouraging remark to the other, and they suggested "Cheer up!" and "Fighting!"
I was a bit hard-pressed to come up with an equivalent, more appropriate suggestion. What would you say in that situation? |
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