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I believe so, the E in TRUE is optional.

Anyway, sup elingphunt? Why the pedantry-inducing bad mood?

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:00, archived)

Boredom. I'm sick of waiting for documents. Complete frustration that I have to sit about, waiting for other people to get on with paperwork.

I can leave to Korea NOW, and have been able to for weeks, but it's just getting on my nerves tonight. I dislike having 'kall to do.

What's the deal with you? No Top B (pfffft)

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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:04, archived)

I always wanted to go to Korea, in a prolonged sense, though I suspect I'll never go now due to the enjoyment being sucked out of everything.

Had or have a penpal type bloke in Daegu who I haven't spoken to in absolutely ageeess.
Where abouts you headed?

(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:08, archived)

Incheon for a year.

I'll be staying in Seoul for a week beforehand to get a basic feel of the language. I've wanted to live abroad for a while, particularly the Far East, so can't wait.

:)

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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:10, archived)

That's going to be mental fun.

The only thing I know about Korean is they have about seven different ways to say everything, based on how respectful you want to be to the person you're talking to. Have fun with that :P

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:13, archived)

Honourifics?

I think that's true of most of the asian languages to some degree though. I think Hangeul did have different verb endings or something though, I really honestly can't remember it was a while ago.

(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:19, archived)

Chinese only has two (that I've come across so far in my 18 months of learning it)

But yeah, I imagine Japanese is like that, they seem a very deferential people.

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:20, archived)

Ha! It's a ridiculous language, although as far as I can discern

it has set characters unlike Chinese, which makes it much easier to learn (30 different ones methinks). I have a couple of friends teaching in China and they're loving it.

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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:20, archived)

That'll be handy.

I know about 1,000 Chinese characters I reckon, and I'm nowhere near able to read a newspaper or anything.

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:23, archived)

I always wanted to go there because Seoul from what I have seen is a fucking amazing city, just so sleek and everything.

Really nice and comparitively cheap apartments and generally not as technologically and geographically backward as London. Their underground shopping mall things are really cool as well aparantly too, even though they are basically really really cramped flea markets.

I think I can still say Fuck you (or literally "I'll kick your penis") in Hangeul.

(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:14, archived)

Yes, exactly. It's all about the new culture. Totally immersing yourself in a new life.

I'm really interested to find out the Eastern perception of the West too, first hand.

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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:22, archived)

Pfft, Top B finishes at midnight this year, what with the union being rebuilt and it instead being staged in a tent on Tocil field.

We ran an article in the Sanctuary a while ago comparing it to a student's union childcare service. Good times.

And I should be out, but I've seminar work I didn't do at the weekend, natch.

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:12, archived)

Oh, and drinks also cost £2. That's the one thing it had going for it.

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:14, archived)

Oh dear. I saw the TES when I was down there for a couple of weeks.

Inventive name. I'm awaiting the renaming of the buses to Mobile Transportation Vehicles or something.

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elephant rider property shark sighted!, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:23, archived)

One of its nicknames is, apparently, "the sanitary towel."

I am not sure why.

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zoldergoose, Tue 10 Feb 2009, 0:25, archived)