Comments on: Yonhap Reports that Not All GIs Suck

By: Hey, at Least the Defense Minister Loves You | The Marmot's Hole

Hey, at Least the Defense Minister Loves You | The Marmot's Hole — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:11:05 +0000

[...] Minister Kim Jang-soo has sent letter of appreciation to two GIs who rescued three Koreans after an auto accident in [...]

By: littlebrownasian

littlebrownasian — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:11:45 +0000

Uhhh….annyeonghasseyo?

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:20:34 +0000

#46,

Okay, I throw down my glove.

바~보!!!!!

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:24:18 +0000

I’ve never seen a us whip our dicks out and start a discourse in Korean

Several times shakuhachi and I have busted out and engaged some of the Korean commenters in Korean, but that’s been awhile now.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:07:28 +0000

Correction…good clean fun.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:06:33 +0000

#43,

Nah, it’s not lame. It’s just good clean and fun. My French is a bit rusty, so it’s refreshing to be able to write about something else in French but the banalities of life in Korea (don’t imagine that my mother would appreciate it if I dropped a ‘tabarnak’ here and there).

PS. Go Habs go!

By: globalvillageidiot

globalvillageidiot — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:15:22 +0000

I’ve always tried to encourage students of mine to speak and write in English, regardless of whether or not they happen to be fluent. Making an effort should count for something. The best way to improve is to take risks, make a few mistakes, and learn from them. Criticizing others about their grammar, spelling, or use of a particular variety of a language - especially on an informal forum such as this - is kind of lame. Whether or not French is appreciated and/or understood by Marmot’s Hole readers is another matter.

By: globalvillageidiot

globalvillageidiot — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:08:08 +0000

“Do the people of Quebec watch French news the way Koreans in US watch South Korean news?”

Not at all. French language entertainment and news in Canada is almost entirely homegrown. Remember, the French were relieved of New France by the British in 1763. (The French language was only codified in France about two decades later.) If you think about it, few Americans look to their former colonial masters for their TV programming.

Anyway, interesting topic - well, at least for a bilingual Canadian as myself - but how did this thread manage to stray so far from the story of the good GIs?

By: wjk

wjk — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:18:42 +0000

i think you guys should do what captbbq says. Write in hangul, and trade barbs.

my French is limited to highschool French.

Truly, truly, truly, only found use for it rarely.

Personally, for enjoying movies and music or watching the French news on tv and appreciating the French woman anchor, who seems to have a long half life.

Do the people of Quebec watch French news the way Koreans in US watch South Korean news?

may I ask why?

By: captbbq

captbbq — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:05:59 +0000

May I make the observation that despite the large presence of Korean speakers here, most of whom are non-native, I’ve never seen a us whip our dicks out and start a discourse in Korean, I suspect out of fear that we would start critiquing each others use of articles and insist the other hasn’t properly studied the language. . .

I would predict”pain” along with many bruised egos . . .