X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3d651630b1d4061e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-25 05:56:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!not-for-mail From: "Phydeaux" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Koreanisms -- Was: (Re: scraggly tree) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:00:43 +0900 Organization: Korea Telecom Lines: 69 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.229.208.46 X-Trace: news1.kornet.net 1014644622 19771 203.229.208.46 (25 Feb 2002 13:43:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@feeder.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:43:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15032 wrote in message news:u7ipodhem3bte7@corp.supernews.com... > > On 2002-02-24 dwesely@kornet.com said: > > > ...[if you'll pardon my ignorance] have no idea what a 'Moonie' is. > > A 'Moonie' is a follower of the Korean cult leader Sun Myung Moon, > who runs an international operation called the 'Unification Church.' *smacks self on forehead* oh yeah! Those 'mass marraiges' and such... > >Maybe I'll take a year off and go be a Buddhist monk. :) > > NOT a good idea! ;) ( :)) <==(smiley w/bald head) > ObASCII: > > . ------ . > .` `. > :________________: > //////////////////// > :----------------: > '.______________.' > > A good ol' western hamburger. :9 ... :d ... :) FYI: So far, I've seen three McDonald's, two Burger Kings, one Hardy's, and one Hard Rock Cafe` Seoul. The latter of which costs a bit more than the rest, but the burgers are bigger :) . Still, they're no match for the GOOD stuff... and I'm still getting used to the language. Ooh, ooh, one more story: I was at the airport in Inchon a while back, and after spending most the afternoon trying to find a friend of mine who was heading to Thailand (who I missed by 18 minutes... oh, I was perturbed), I went to a McDonald's. I figured I had practised my language enough for the day (what with "which plane goes to Thailand?", "No, I don't have a ticket, I'm here to meet a friend", etc.), so I was ready for "Number one please". I ordered my Big Mac meal (which is pronounced "set", not "meal" here, FYI) and looked around for a place to sit to get into a corner as quick as possible (I don't exactly blend in here). Then the cashier caught me off gaurd - "dud-kes-oh-yo?" or "Will you eat it?" I looked at her for a bit, then figured I'd heard her wrong, so I had her repeat it. Nope, same thing. Of course I'm going to eat it, it's -food- isn't it? I told her such, to which she appeared quite confused. After a bit more struggling across the language barrier, I resorted to nodding and saying "yes". I got the hamburger, and for the same price as was up on the board, so it worked out in the end. It would be nice, though, to eat in a place where the little kids blatently stare at me, while their parents blatently avoid eye contact. *sigh* What was I talking about? Oh yeah, Korean hamburgers. Well, Koreanism seems to leak into everything they try to import from abroad, but that has been the case with every country I've been in. -Including- America. I could ramble on about that for a while, too. But as this letter is quickly getting bigger than the ones I send to my parents, I think I'll refrain... THIS time... ;) ObASCII: . ------ . .`. `, ' ,` ( :____________(( //////////////// :------------(( '.____________( A good ol' western hamburger... + sesame seeds, - a little bit[e]