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6 Reasons North Korea is the Funniest Evil Dictatorship Ever

Posted by on March 22, 2009 1 comment
  1. They Made Their Own Godzilla Movie… at Gunpoint
  2. “Welcome, Our Japanese Friends! What Kidnappings? Oh, Those.”
  3. The Giant Invasion Tunnel That Doesn’t Exist
  4. The Ryugyong Hotel of Unintentional Horror
  5. The North Korean Amusement Park Will Horrify Your Children
  6. The Official North Korea Website Appears to be the Work of a Lone Middle School Child

Here is a clip from the *cough* blockbuster hit movie:

Check out the full article over here at Cracked with explanations of each item.

Show some Korean respect!

Posted by on March 21, 2009 1 comment

I have found that Koreans have a great sense of respect for their elders. Even a drunk Korean knows that you need to give your seat to your elders! This is taken from “My Sassy Girl,” are great romantic-comedy.

Confusion over subject left out in Korean

Posted by on March 17, 2009 4 comments

This is taken from “The Quiet Family (조용한 가족),” a Korean dark comedy. In Korean, you commonly leave off the subject of the sentence because it’s implied. This is one scenario showing when that can cause confusion. Enjoy!

Koreans make fun of Elaine

Posted by on March 6, 2009 1 comment

Here’s a funny sequence I found on Seinfeld referencing Korea (though the actors don’t seem Korean at all…).

Next exit … NEXT EXIT!

Posted by on March 3, 2009 1 comment

next-exit

In class yesterday, my teacher shared an interesting story about a difference between Korean and English.  While he was driving down the road, his wife read directions in English which said to get off on the next exit.  In English, “next exit” generally means the first upcoming exit, meaning the same thing as “this exit.”  In Korean, “next exit” means the second exit from where you are.  I guess through missing an exit they learned they learned the difference between “next exit” in English and Korean.

I previously covered some common English mistakes like this in case your interested in more on the subject.

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