Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Raz, are you boring?

A lot of things get lost in translation here. My favorite is 'are you boring?' when they are in fact asking, 'are you bored?' I've gotten that a lot from both the Korean teachers and students. Other tidbits while I've been here. They enjoy using the term 'delicious'. While we may occasionally use that word, they use it all the time. In journals, the kids write, 'I ate sweet potatoes, it was very delicious.' or 'I ate apples, it is very delicious.' I would imagine that if they were eating salt and i asked them if they liked it I'd get an 'its delicious' response. When I go out to dinner with Koreans they always ask, whatever it is that we eat, 'do you like, is it delicious?' They are not satisfied with a 'its good; an 'its delicious' is necessary or else they'll ask you again. I also get a few 'it was nice and dandy' in checking journal entries as well, which is a trip. Lastly, 'I had so much funny' 'It was such a funny day' even though they really mean 'it was a fun day'. I get that a lot as well. They're trying to say that it was really really really fun today but instead it comes out as, 'It was so much funny today.'

1 comment:

Lily Piyathaisere said...

hahaha. nice. are u boring. i am boring alll the time. good post.