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Two countries: South Korea, an economic powerhouse; North Korea, a rogue nation with nuclear capabilities. Two foreigners—waeguk—from Minnesota: Ben.
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Not just initially, but throughout the conversation, no matter how confused she looked or how many times I spoke to them in Korean. I think a big difference is that you can immediately expect Koreans to start forcefully instructing you in the proper points of Korean culture and etiquette, where my transgressions are met with laughter and forgiveness.

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If you get fluent enough where you have friendships or relationships that are either entirely, or mostly, in Korean, most people have no problem with it, in my experience. Source : Personal experience. I would certainly agree that in the situation you describe, with a fluent foreigner who uses Korean relationship language from the start, most Koreans would not have a problem with it. However, as you acknowledge, a minority might still be hesitant about it.

In my case this observation came firstly from an incident shortly after I arrived. Another translated for me, and I thought that was quite nice at the time. I think your point is that it is based on language and cultural understanding, and not a racial thing. A third then chimed in and said it was different for different people. And that was the context in which I initially made the comment.

I sometimes get pretty frustrated with foreign friends here for their lack of understanding and their constant complaints and stereotypes of Koreans, and over the past year have gravitated towards having mostly Korean friends. Anyways, well done, seriously, in the blog! I should amend one part of what I wrote earlier, for clarity. No problem.


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Another thought that occurred to me is that my introduction to this from Korean-American and Korean-Australian friends, as described above, may have been atypical. It occurs to me that those people, being basically bi-cultural, are probably far more inclined to think of and use Korean language to define inside and outside groups than Koreans themselves. I understand completely how you feel about foreigners here.

Final thing: this was one of the first things I put up on this blog, and was actually thrown on here just so that there would be something here. And when we went out, the same would speak to him in Korean not me big-burly bearded white guy even though, I think it fair to say, he certainly did not look Korean. But, that said, there was a far greater chance he was and spoke Korean than me.

Yeah, same experience here. I had just turned 18, and had spent 5 years on studying Korean and working to save up money to go to korea. When I finally got the opportunity to go, I went by myself for a month, and thanks to the previous years of Korean studying — I could avoid English all the way through! Also, thanks to starting at an early age, I managed to obtain a fluent Korean accent. It was really fun to see all the reactions, although it eventually started to get old and you just want to wished to talk seriously and not just about how I learnt Korean.

Excuse my rambling, you just made me think of my own memories! Thank you for all your articles, they are very well written and interesting to read!

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    The waiter always loses. Another common situation is at the bank. Banks have these ticket machines like you see at a deli counter. You take your ticket and wait for your number to be called, right? Not if you are a waygukin. This next one was especially effective during the swine flu scare.

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    This is a match made in heaven between two seemingly unrelated truths in Korea: 1. Foreigners are viewed as plague rats. Fourteen stops to Itaewon and no seats are free? Start coughing make it good and then take your pick. This all may seem strange and just plain wrong if you have not lived here. I think this kind of behavior stems from two things i have touched on before.

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    The first is that as foreigners we are subject to a different moral standard that functions like a pick-your-own adventure novel. Get out there and start wayguking. It is your birthright. You are commenting using your WordPress.

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