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OK, so I've seen all these threads about the drink Milkis and how awesome it is etc.etc. (the person is awesome too ofc). So I figured that I'd try to acquire some Milkis, but I live in Stockholm and after some searching I discovered that there is apparently only 1 fucking korean food store in Stockholm?! WTF IS GOING ON WHY DO KOREANS HATE STOCKHOLM?
Well I went to the store and it's called "Korean Food" (Luntmakargatan if any swedes are wondering)
Went in and the first thing I saw was a mountain of shin ramyun (ramyun = ramen I guess?) and other stuff like chili paste, soy sauce, kimchi and kimbap (which is like sushi but it's not?). I asked the lady at the register about milkis and she had no idea what I was talking about.
Her Swedish was terrible, I kept saying milkis over and over while doing a drinking motion hoping she would understand. Finally she said "Ah, OK!" and disappeared for a few minutes. I thought I had succeeded and I was thinking about how awesome it would be to drink some milkis. However, when she returned she presented me a glass of milk with ice?
It took me a good minute to understand wtf was going on and then I realized. "Milk", the english word and "is", the swedish word for ice. She somehow made the connection that by milkis I meant milk and ice.
I was facepalming so fucking hard, how could someone even make that connection, why was she trying to sell me a glass of milk? I accepted defeat, bought some shin ramyun instead (pretty good) and left the store.
Came home, did more research and it turns out that some Japanese stores here have some Korean imported items. So I will go to some of those stores tomorrow and see what I can find.
Hope is fading 
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Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand.
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Good luck in your quest! Your story made me laugh though 
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it's okay i would have facepalmed too if a girl presented me with milk in ice.
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Dude Milkis is amazing, I hope you succeed.
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On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand.
so like Milkysoop? but without the p....?
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you should have showed her a picture of the bottle or something lol.
good luck, can't find Milkis here in Finland, i'm pretty sure.
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iPhone
Google image search 'Milkis'
Show her
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Smartphones really knit the world together a little more tightly. ^___^
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On August 23 2011 01:26 Benjef wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand. so like Milkysoop? but without the p....?
No. It doesn't sound like 'milky'. It sounds like 'meelky'
Seu doesn't sound like soo. It sounds like 'soot' and rhymes with 'foot' and 'put'. If you know french, take 'le' and change it to an 's' sound -> 'se'
Meel (Rhymes with 'Feel')
Key (Normal pronounciation)
Seu (Rhymes with 'le' or the goo in good, foo in foot, pu in put, etc.)
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Hahahah, I'm reading this all of these pronounciation advice outloud and I sound so retarded. I can't get it right, lol.
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On August 23 2011 01:39 Chill wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 01:26 Benjef wrote:On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand. so like Milkysoop? but without the p....? No. It doesn't sound like 'milky'. It sounds like 'meelky' Seu doesn't sound like soo. It sounds like 'soot' and rhymes with 'foot' and 'put'. If you know french, take 'le' and change it to an 's' sound -> 'se' Meel (Rhymes with 'Feel') Key (Normal pronounciation) Seu (Rhymes with 'le' or the goo in good, foo in foot, pu in put, etc.)
Ah, I would have pronounced meel like mil for some reason.... My bad. I take it you know some Korean then? Or Milkis went really indepth in how to pronounce his name.
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Easiest way would be to print out a picture and take it with you and be like "Do you have this?" but hilarious story ... milk and ice ahaha
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ROFL!!!
I had to google milkis to find out what it is
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Idiot, next time take Chill with you
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Well you guys are obviously 10x better at this than me. I'll use a picture lol.
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The lady must be really nice. She went the extra mile and got you milk with ice. Who would do that in this day and age .
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MEEL(FEEL WITH M)
KEY
SOO(Soon without N)
Thats how you pronounce it boy. 
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On August 23 2011 04:24 ptbl wrote:The lady must be really nice. She went the extra mile and got you milk with ice. Who would do that in this day and age .
I was thinking the same thing. If i were you i would buy flowers and ask the lady out on a date.
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lol I honestly don't think that pronouncing it differently will help. I'm sure she's been living in sweden long enough to be able to equate the two. A picture is a good idea if you can't find it on your own. Usually though, it should be where you expect it to be (drinks and beverages section).
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On August 23 2011 04:40 ketomai wrote:
lol I honestly don't think that pronouncing it differently will help. I'm sure she's been living in sweden long enough to be able to equate the two. A picture is a good idea if you can't find it on your own. Usually though, it should be where you expect it to be (drinks and beverages section).
You'd be surprised. My friend tried to buy 떡 but he pronounced it like duck instead of dduck and nobody could understand him. This was in Canada talking to Koreans who were more or less fluent in English. Pronounciation matters a lot.
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I feel like going there tomorrow and asking for Milkis too, just to add to the confusion.
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On August 23 2011 04:52 Chill wrote:Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 04:40 ketomai wrote:
lol I honestly don't think that pronouncing it differently will help. I'm sure she's been living in sweden long enough to be able to equate the two. A picture is a good idea if you can't find it on your own. Usually though, it should be where you expect it to be (drinks and beverages section). You'd be surprised. My friend tried to buy 떡 but he pronounced it like duck instead of dduck and nobody could understand him. This was in Canada talking to Koreans who were more or less fluent in English. Pronounciation matters a lot.
Yea, I agree it does matter a lot. However, in my experience, words that are just imitating english words are more easily understood. Your example was a word that means one thing in korean but when pronounced in english it can be interpreted as something different, which is why it might easily confuse someone who speaks both korean and english. However, if it's a brand name like Milkis, it should be obvious. Because normally korean words are nothing like that.
Especially words like Milkis, which can't end in the S sound if you spell it out korean because then it becomes a different sound without a follow up S after it (for example 있다 is the infinitive and it's pronounced with no S sound at all but if you use it practically, it definitely has an S because an S immediately follows the first character, changing the pronunciation). That's why no korean words end with an S sound.
When I was living in Korea, people could recognize english names that I used and repeat it in way you gave for Milkis immediately, especially if they pronounce it similarly in Korean. For example Mcdonalds, piano, pizza, pepero, etc can't really mean much else.
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