Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Fractions for English


This picture is from the first night I met some other foreigners in town. I was extremely excited. I remember just before coming out here, I only wanted to be around Koreans and be totally immersed in the culture. That died down quickly and all I wanted to do was find someone to talk to in english. The english speaking teachers here can't understand me when I speak at regular speed so my conversation literally slows down to like a third of what it usually is. It takes a bit of extra thinking because we use so much slang in our language...I never realized that until now. English is LOADED with nothing but slang so whatever you have to say....you have to reduce it to simplest terms....like fractions for english...Seriously


Example:


32/5 = 6.40

I've got a bone to pick with you = I'm upset with you


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