English Words You Only Hear in Korea
This posting is from the blog ‘Organic Korean.’
Original Post: http://organickorean.com/english-words-you-only-hear-in-korea/
If you listen closely to Korean conversations, you may be able to pick out some English words. Koreans use many loan words, the majority of which come from English. Sure they came from English, but they don’t necessarily mean the same thing in Korean.
In other words, most of them make no sense to anyone who isn’t Korean. It’s called “콩글리시 (Konglish (Korean + English)).” When English native speakers encounter Konglish expressions, they are almost always confused, but at the same time, amused.
Interestingly, a new study from Korea University shows that British people experience a lot of difficulty figuring out the meaning of Konglish.
Let’s compare the inferred meaning by Britain students with the real meaning in Korea. (The question mark indicates that British students couldn’t guess the meaning of the words at all.)
Additionally, let me show you the most common Konglish expressions you guys should know.
There are so many Konglish words, so it would be impossible to cover them all. If you think of any other words I should include, let me know in the comments below. 😀
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Reference :
- Konglish. 2015. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglish. Accessed September 7, 2015.
- wikipedia.org. 한국어식 영어. 2015. Available at: https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4%EC%8B%9D_%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4. Accessed September 7, 2015.
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- Shaw R. Korean Konglish: The Definitive Guide. Connect Korea. 2014. Available at: http://www.connectkorea.com/korean-konglish-definitive-guide/. Accessed September 7, 2015.
- Kakaotalk emoticon. Muzi.
