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Subject: Re: Koreanisms  -- Was: ( scraggly tree)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:27:51 -0000
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On 2002-02-25 dwesely@kornet.com said:

   >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 guard -
   >"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".

The cashier was asking if you were going to eat it THEN and THERE
-- in the restaurant, on a tray -- as opposed to wanting it packaged
for 'take-away.'

   >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* 

I assume you mean "...in a place where the little kids DON'T blatantly
stare..."  :)

Well, next time, you can reply "No" to the "dud-kes-oh-yo?" question.
They'll put your food in a paper bag, and you can carry it home...or
to some secluded spot in a park, where you can eat in peace.

   >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.

Sure.  Happens everywhere.

Let's see...did the Korean McDonald's menu include Dog McNuggets?

  >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... ;)

Heh!  Just paste your story from this message into a letter to
your parents.  They'll love it! ;)

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