Me: ...so a lot of people in the UK think the domestic car industry should get the same kind of protection as the Korean car industry does in Korea. Big tariffs for foreign cars and stuff. So they-Mrs B: Many people hate Korea in your country.Me: No, it's not really about that, they just think UK car manufacturers should get the same protection Korean car makers do in Korea-Mrs B: They envy Korea's success. They are wish that Korea will fail.Me: No, it's not about Korea specifically-Mrs B: Korea stands alone. Hahahahahahahahaha!
hahaha! Great stuff. Rather than saying, "Many people hate Korea in your country," it would have been more accurate to say, "Many people know nothing about Korea in your country except that the North is crazy and the South has to put up with the North's madness."
Quote from: flasyb on October 06, 2011, 03:57:30 pmhahaha! Great stuff. Rather than saying, "Many people hate Korea in your country," it would have been more accurate to say, "Many people know nothing about Korea in your country except that the North is crazy and the South has to put up with the North's madness."She's actually a good laugh but she has a bit of an obsession with industrialisation. What's particularly funny is that she just comes over to my desk apropos nothing and starts spouting off about it:Mrs B: Korea became industrialised in 50 years. It takes UK, Germany, Europe 300 years. So Korea did it, oh, so fast.Me: Because the UK and Germany had to invent all of the industrial procedures from scratch. Korea could just buy them ready-made.Mrs B: You show a lack of basic understanding.
I did try and play her at her own game once:Mrs B: many foreigners are violent. But not you... maybe.Me: Choi Seung-hui killed lots of people. And I think U Beom-gon killed more people in a short time than anyone ever. (Funnily enough I'd just been reading about U Beom-gon for the first time the day before.)Mrs B: Choi Seung-hui was corrupted by the western society. How can you know about U Beom-gon?!? U Beom-gon... very bad. I think he used American weapons.
The music teacher at my school and I do weekly language exchanges. Last week, I taught her some phrases about health/sickness. Yesterday, I saw her in the hall and casually asked: "How are you doing today?"Her face fell and she responded sadly: "I'm suffering from diarrhea for 2 days." I laughed, but then explained that we don't normally tell other people about those problems.Today, when I asked her: "How are you?"Her face lifted and she replied proudly: "No more diarrhea!... But today I'm suffering from constipation". Well, at least she's putting the expressions into use.
I'm an African American woman here teaching in Korea. Once my Ct once said to me- CT " oh, I teach with another woman like you, she looks just like you. Me "oh wow, really?" - Then I saw the girl... the only thing we had in common was skin color ( not even that we were the same color) ... other than that ... NADA! -I guess all black people look alike here lmao
I've got dozens of these. Mrs B (filling out a form about me): UK is your country.Me: Ireland.Mrs B: It's the same as UK.Me: Are you Japanese?Mrs B: ...