Bi/Multi-Lingual Celebrities in Korea - Page 2

On December 09 2008 03:07 masami.sc wrote:
Actress Lee Ji Ah. Her English is very good! She was in the new hit drama "Beethoven Virus". There's a clip of her on Youtube somewhere speaking very good English.

On December 09 2008 11:21 lilsusie wrote:
/rant

To be honest - maybe it's because I'm Korean-American myself, I hate it when I get compared to some Korean girl who speaks MINIMAL English after studying in an English speaking country for like 2 years and plays if off as if it's her native language. It really irks me.

I hate it when I'm in a taxi and the driver's like .. oh your English is really good, how long have you studied abroad, like 2-3 years? And I'm sitting there like... "really good"?? I'm fuckin' fluent, asshole. Maybe I'm just being an elitist 교포 but man, I hate hate hate 유학생s who think that they are so good at English when they are obviously not. (the 유학생s who DO speak well tho, I have nothing against, it's just the 잘난척하는 kids)

I agree, Tablo is definitely biligual and so's Lee Ji Ah (in that vid) but... that other vid of the SNSD girls.... ugh.

What exactly does "bilingual" mean to you?

On December 09 2008 01:47 beefhamburger wrote:
BoA is at least trilingual.

On December 09 2008 11:21 lilsusie wrote:
/rant

To be honest - maybe it's because I'm Korean-American myself, I hate it when I get compared to some Korean girl who speaks MINIMAL English after studying in an English speaking country for like 2 years and plays if off as if it's her native language. It really irks me.

I hate it when I'm in a taxi and the driver's like .. oh your English is really good, how long have you studied abroad, like 2-3 years? And I'm sitting there like... "really good"?? I'm fuckin' fluent, asshole. Maybe I'm just being an elitist 교포 but man, I hate hate hate 유학생s who think that they are so good at English when they are obviously not. (the 유학생s who DO speak well tho, I have nothing against, it's just the 잘난척하는 kids)

I agree, Tablo is definitely biligual and so's Lee Ji Ah (in that vid) but... that other vid of the SNSD girls.... ugh.

What exactly does "bilingual" mean to you?

On December 09 2008 11:55 lilsusie wrote:

"Oh you studied in America too?"
"... yes"
"How long where you there?"
"..... 25 years"

-_____-

On December 09 2008 11:55 lilsusie wrote:
I meet people in Korea who talk to me in their terrible English, and then even fumble their Korean as if they have a hard time speaking Korean since they've been abroad for soooooooo long (what, a whole 2 fuckin' years?!?!).

The taxi driver thought that of me, I'm sure, because of exactly these types of people - the not so fluent English speakers who play it off like they are.

When I was in Spain, I was able to get by - order food, ask directions, grab a taxi, etc. But in no way shape of form would I say that I'm multi-lingual that I can speak Spanish too. I'm sure to any Spanish speaker here I'd be insulting them if I said that I was nearly as good as they were. And I would never play it off like I was.

Bleh. This is just a rant; I've been meeting too many 유학생s that try that shit on me.

"Oh you studied in America too?"
"... yes"
"How long where you there?"
"..... 25 years"

-_____-

On December 09 2008 11:21 lilsusie wrote:
/rant

To be honest - maybe it's because I'm Korean-American myself, I hate it when I get compared to some Korean girl who speaks MINIMAL English after studying in an English speaking country for like 2 years and plays if off as if it's her native language. It really irks me.

I hate it when I'm in a taxi and the driver's like .. oh your English is really good, how long have you studied abroad, like 2-3 years? And I'm sitting there like... "really good"?? I'm fuckin' fluent, asshole. Maybe I'm just being an elitist 교포 but man, I hate hate hate 유학생s who think that they are so good at English when they are obviously not. (the 유학생s who DO speak well tho, I have nothing against, it's just the 잘난척하는 kids)

I agree, Tablo is definitely biligual and so's Lee Ji Ah (in that vid) but... that other vid of the SNSD girls.... ugh.

What exactly does "bilingual" mean to you?

On December 09 2008 13:13 MrHoon wrote:
SNSD lived in the states for less than an year, the rest went to kent (gay international school)

I don't really get angry when people try to brag their minimal english (because I know Im better lololol)
But what really pisses me off is when I walk through Seoul at 4am I see this drunk ass Guy and Girl and the guy impresses her by saying

"I learned english in Canada, I am Bilingual"

At that point I just burst out laughing and walk away

On December 09 2008 13:44 infinity21 wrote:

Hey, what's wrong with Canada? >:o
I learned english in Canada too, and I'm bilingual

On December 09 2008 12:17 masami.sc wrote:
Even though I'm Korean American, I wouldn't consider myself bilingual. Sure, I can understand Korean quite well, and I can watch dramas without subtitles, etc, etc. But I can't read the Korean newspaper without noticing how little vocabulary I actually know. Even while watching talk shows, I find that I have to whip out my little electronic dictionary just about every other line. I get the GIST of what's going on, sure. But I'm not 100% . And until I'm able to read the newspaper without any dictionary aid, watch talk shows without being slightly confused, I would never call myself bilingual.

On December 09 2008 14:19 il0seonpurpose wrote:
I should study more vocab, how did she learn? Reading the bible in korean? Haha that reminds me at church, when like the pastor says a verse, then the audience(?) says another. I'm so slow in reading and I don't know whats going on in the passage.