Bi/Multi-Lingual Celebrities in Korea

On December 08 2008 18:44 nemY wrote:
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Lurker!

On December 08 2008 21:39 MrHoon wrote:

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL JESSSIICCCAAAA
I went to elementary + middleschool with her ahahahahha since 2nd grade

On December 09 2008 01:26 Lamborsche wrote:
A lot of Koreans are now learning English so celebrities shouldn't be left out. What impresses me more is the KBS TV Show with hot girls from different countries speaking Korean. I have no idea what that show is all about but it's quite amusing.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS89WuikmIk

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.

On December 09 2008 13:51 il0seonpurpose wrote:
Susie, I love your konglish, seriously

On December 09 2008 14:51 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Am i the only one but when i hear 사투리 from grandmas i have no idea what they're saying. They speak soooo fast 아따 is like the only thing I can catch

On December 09 2008 14:51 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Am i the only one but when i hear 사투리 from grandmas i have no idea what they're saying. They speak soooo fast 아따 is like the only thing I can catch

호호 i have korean 초등학교 3학년 중 2 and 중 3 under my belt

On December 09 2008 14:59 lilsusie wrote:


오~ 스넵!!

I love 사투리. I hope one day I can become that 아줌마 with the 사투리 who yells at "kids these days" on the bus and subway.

Clazzi, I'm like you 100%. my spoken Korean is deffffffffinitely better than my written. =/ Being here in Korea is really helping me a lot tho. Working for a Korean company + talking to Korean parents everyday is the best practice ever.

On December 09 2008 15:06 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
I went to America when i was two came back in 3rd grade to korea went back to us in 4th grade stayed till 7th grade went back and been in korea since.

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.

On December 09 2008 14:49 infinity21 wrote:
ho ho
I have more Korean experience than all of you, I have all of 4th year Korean ELEMENTARY SCHOOL under my belt kekeke

On December 09 2008 12:49 food wrote:




to be honest this isnt just with koreans
this happens in almost every country out there. If its one of the "less cool" countries - they will speak broken english/french/german with their own people. That shit went down for ages, read "War and Peace" - they all speak french while in russia. Indicates a "higher society" or something. Actually its "cool" to have british accent these days in the US, go figure.
I always laughed at "bilingual" people that were not proficient with it. My sis studied foreign language for 10 years hardcore and she kept saying "i suck at it" while publishing own works and starting to teach at Uni.
ignorant people like you mentioned fucking irritate me the most, its embarrassing/degrading to be around them

On December 09 2008 16:21 CapO wrote:
who cares if they have korean/english accents. as long as they can communicate perfectly fine and write well, they should be considered bilingual.

On December 09 2008 16:21 clazziquai wrote:
o and guys 0 years of korean under my belt ! ehehe :D

On December 09 2008 17:31 clazziquai wrote:
잇 이즈 오케이 비커즈 아엠 베리 베드 엣 코리안 ㅣㅇㅣ!!

On December 09 2008 17:32 LosingID8 wrote:

"ㄴㅇㄴ" is better imo

On December 09 2008 17:32 LosingID8 wrote:

"ㄴㅇㄴ" is better imo

On December 09 2008 17:32 LosingID8 wrote:

"ㄴㅇㄴ" is better imo

On December 10 2008 01:25 lilsusie wrote:
LOL damn you youngins' nowadays with your new lingo. I only know things like 킹카, 초딩 and 짱 >.<

On December 10 2008 03:15 Chill wrote:
english in korean is my favourite wheres ilovezil?

On December 10 2008 09:38 lilsusie wrote:
And spell things like favorite with a U???? Damn that Queen.
The thing that's great in Korea is that texting language isn't always grammatically correct - so I can type things the way I want without really thinking about the spelling (it always gets me)

난넘한글초딩ㅋㅋ 말만잘하고, 쓰지는못하고...

On December 10 2008 10:01 CapO wrote:
clazzi, lilsusie's older than you, so she's "누나" to you. way to talk informally, retard. gtfo.

On December 10 2008 09:40 MorningMusume11 wrote:
Reminds me, how the heck can you text with cell phones in Korea? Can someone show me a pic of what the keys look like for u guys in Korea?

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 10 2008 13:29 Rekrul wrote:


Hey susie just cause you have nothing else going for yourself doesn't mean you should be proud of your english skills. They were given to you anyways, you didn't even earn them.

On December 10 2008 15:22 Rekrul wrote:
in korean lilsusie either:
a. tries to act like a cute little girl or
b. tries to act like a powertripping super feminazi

in english lilsusie only acts normal

why the differences littlesusan?