Monday 20 October 2008

Language Barriers

Sorry for the delay but i've been really busy since my last post.

Believe it or not dealing with the Korean populace with a five word vocabulary is fairly easy. More problematic are the encounters with the majority of english speaking teacher out here who are from accross the pond. So far i've been told that i've got 'nice teeth for a Britisher', been subjected to a ten minute lecture on why soccer derives its name from 'association football' (we al know this is true but americans seem to think we don't) as well as an assortment of various comments on my accent and certain words I use. I hate to break ranks with the whole travelling the world and being chilled out movement but an uncanny proportion of americans are pricks. However, fair is fair and these guys can eat.

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