Comments on: Stop Westernizing Korea, Imperialist English Teachers and Businessmen!

By: Roland Dodds

Roland Dodds — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:52:24 +0000

I know I am a bit late to the party, but I wrote a response to Schertzer’s piece here.

By: ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 20APR08

ROK Drop Weekly Linklets - 20APR08 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:44:59 +0000

[...] report that the indoctrination of Korean children is working quite well.- If you haven’t read this thread about imperialist English teachers westernizing Korean students I highly recommend you do so. For further comedy make sure to read [...]

By: iheartblueballs

iheartblueballs — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:53:54 +0000

#158: A friend of mine who spent a few years working in and around the Korean media used the term to refer to Korean reporters. He called them the Fluff Patrol based on their fawning interactions with celebrities, athletes, and politicians.

His favorite gag was carrying around a little bottle of lube and some Kleenex, and offering it to a Korean reporter if they said they had an interview with anyone famous. Needless to say, they never got the joke.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:35:21 +0000

I just clicked on the link in IHBB’s username. I’ve learned so many new things since I started reading and commenting at the MH.

By: user-81

user-81 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:52:40 +0000

I think KB should have the last word. But it should literally be just a single word. Here are some suggestions:

Victory!
Idiots.
A-holes.
iheartblueballs!
Rosebud.

By: Zonath

Zonath — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:32:14 +0000

#155 - Aw, c’mon… with an ego like his, how could KB not strive to get the last word in?

By: iheartblueballs

iheartblueballs — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:17:56 +0000

I’ve come to conclude that the pleasures of this blog are small compared to the spitefulness and irritation that often infect this blog. I’m done.

Apparently being done involves monitoring the thread, and continuing to respond via special email with extra permission sauce.

By: user-81

user-81 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:55:33 +0000

“User-81, why would I invite a journalist from a major daily newspaper to observe and report on the performance if I was embarrassed about it?”

I should have been more precise. It seems you’re embarrassed about the reaction to it even though you wouldn’t admit so.

“In the future, if you ask better questions you’ll getbetter answers.”

Better than “fuck you”? The problem is not with me, KB.

“And I’m not having a melt-down, I’m just really, really busy! Is that so hard to understand?”

Not hard to understand, but hard to believe that’s your reason, especially since you said you were leaving because of the spitefulness and irritation.

Please come back (really) when you can be civil.

“Just a favor — do you think we might be able to drop discussion of the “zucchini incident”? Whatever needed to be said about it has almost certainly been said — probably ad nauseum — and I don’t see the need to keep bringing it up.”

I respect that request, though if KB brings up my name shouldn’t I have a chance to reply? I don’t mean disrespect, but if you want this to go away it might be best to stop printing KB’s emails to you. I had said I wouldn’t write any more on this, but I didn’t realize KB would be speaking to us from the great beyond.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:51:15 +0000

Some may do that unconsciously, yet those who do so consciously are arguably in better command. By ‘thinking out’ the conversation, I’d say they are likely to achieve their goals more often and with greater efficiency than are those who simply step in and have a crack at it. To my mind, that’s also mastery.

Obviously, even native speakers pause and think before they speak sometimes. “Stepping in and having a crack at it” is different than responding naturally and correctly using acquired language.

By: judge judy

judge judy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:21:55 +0000

better to perform the role of a merkin than bring up the dreaded gherkin.