Dear Dr, Tommy Vorst,<br><br>I hope your student will appreciate this....<br><br><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font size="3"><span>I like Hong Kong. 나는 붉은 콩(Red Bean)을 좋아 한다. Hong-홍{紅} - Red. Kong-콩-Bean<br>
<br>Yes. I can. 그래. 나는 깡통 이다. Can-깡통-Empty Headed-바보<br><br>I under-stand. 나는 물구나무 를 설수있다. 물구나무 서기-Hand-Standing<br><br>See you again. 너 좀 두고 보자. Be careful, I will watch you.<br><br>I can see. 나는 할수가 있는가 보다. <br><br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>Kwang-On Yoo<br></span></font></span>
<p style="line-height: 12pt;" align="center"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><font size="3"><span><br></span></font></span></p><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Tommy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tommychevorst@gmail.com" target="_blank">tommychevorst@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">This is one I've always enjoyed for its cross-cultural qualities:<br>
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A 할머니 and a foreigner are waiting at the same bus stop in downtown Busan.<br>
The elderly local spots the bus coming and says: "왔대."<br>
Replies the foreigner: "Monday."<br>
Answers the granny: "버스 대."<br>
To which the foreigner says: "Happy birthday!"<br>
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The following Monty Python riddle works in Korean, given the similar sound of the punchlines in the two languages:<br>
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What's brown and sounds like a bell?<br>
Dung.<br>
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A Google search for the Murakami joke ending in "I am 150." proved fruitless. Would you be kind enough to repost it here?<br>
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Peace,<br><font color="#888888">
Tommy Vorst<br>
Ph.D. Researcher in TESOL, University of Auckland<br>
<a href="mailto:tommychevorst@gmail.com" target="_blank">tommychevorst@gmail.com</a><br>
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