Scare Tactics – Why are Liberian soldiers wearing fright wigs? By Mark Scheffler Why do Liberian boy soldiers cross-dress? What’s with the fright wigs? Mark Scheffler’s answers to this question are quite interesting, and indicate that the traditions involved go back farther than one might imagine.
오늘은 너무 똡다! 날시가 및었어요!! 와, 미치겠다! 오늘은 친구 두 명 봤어요… 찻본 친구는 미국에 가고왔어요… 2002년에 갔고 7월 2003년에 한국에 왔어요. 일음은 선영이다. 선영씨는 영어 잘 배웠어요. 사진 많이 보고 이야기 많이 했어요. 오후에, 네 ex-학생 수연이 나한테 엄어니의 복분자주 주는것 약속 했어요. 재미 있었어요. 그 학생 반장 이다… 하지만 나는 학생 한테 말해: “판찬아! 고마워요!” 그리고 밤에 미석씨 와 같이 마나고 맥주를 마셨어요. 이야기 많이 했고 내일 여행 핼거예요. 같이 낙안읍성 민속마을에 가고 있어요. 와… 재미있다… 그래서… 자야되요… 나중에 봐요!
Wow, the lunch plan I had fell through. It’s shocking to have a day with nothing happening between 10am and 3pm. Maybe I’ll actually have a nap tomorrow… I’ve been adding a lot to the ESL section of this site, which may or may not escape the notice of regular readers since the entries usually don’t make it onto the main page. (I backdate them in order to prevent it from happening, though tonight I’m gonna try change the code so the ESL stuff can be properly dated and just not show up on the main page. Anyway… between that …
Here’s an interesting enough blog by a (French? I’m guessing from the rare and few grammar mistakes and the name) foreigner living and teaching/studying in Seoul.
(Here’s a joke that’s all about ESL, but also makes a point about the “listen and repeat” passive learning that happens where students just learn common conversational phrases and don’t learn how to express themselves. I typed it out for a friend’s email and then thought I might as well post it here…It’s a great joke to tell when teaching Koreans and they say,”I’m fine thank you, and you?” everytime you ask them “How are you?” even when they look tired, sick as hell, or whatever… Even if it depends on a little awkward use of English, it’s still amusing. …