This happens often when some English words are translated into Korean by pronunciation (things like brand names or popular foods like chicken/pizza). This is called Konglish. Most of the time, the pronunciation turns into something completely different and unless you say it the Korean way, people won’t understand you. This is one such example. … Read more
Jeon is one of my top 5 favorite Korean foods. Although greasy at times, it fills me up and it’s great with Magkeolli (especially in the wintertime). Many expats seem to like it too (most seem to prefer Pajeon), but I soon found out that there are many many others. So many, that I couldn’t … Read more
Dried squid is just one of those snacks I will never get used to here. I tried it once when I first arrived in Korea years ago, and I never wanted to try it again. I have never tried beondegi, and I probably never will. The smell from those also get to me. This … Read more
This is the first post I’ve actually written here in a long time. I won’t be long, but as some of you may know, yesterday was a particularly…interesting…day for us. To start from the beginning, we have to go to the beginning of this week. I uploaded the Korean Emoticon Graphic and although I always … Read more
We hope this Korean emoticon list helps you all out a lot. These emoticons are used frequently among friends and family in text messages. However recently, Kakaotalk has taken over with their popular emoticons (like Ryan and A-Peach…the one that looks like a butt) The abbreviations can also be considered slang and more like these … Read more
If you were not familiar with the Flappy bird craze a few weeks ago, basically a guy created a game that went viral and then everyone became obsessed with it. Eventually the popularity was too much for the game’s creator, so he took the game down and although you can still find the game … Read more
I’ve gotten better with saying these letters as I study more, but they are still the most difficult and annoying to pronounce for me. Especially when coupled with other letters. Sometimes I say them too strongly or not strong enough which results in confused stares from my listeners.
So yea, we basically ended up about 30 minutes away from our stop in Incheon. Hyo was sleeping pretty well too and we also had a busy day the next day. For whatever reason (maybe because I was half awake), “Siheung ” sounded like city hall in Korean (Si-cheong) so I thought it was … Read more
Up until recently, I thought the only cities with subways in Korea were Seoul, Incheon, and Busan so I decided to make an infographic about them. Don’t know how after 4 years of living here I had no idea about Daejeon, Daegu, and Gwangju. Of course outside of Busan and Seoul, the subway systems … Read more