Thursday, February 26, 2009

It's a little bit alien

DC: There but for the grace of god go we, here in the land where we know all of two and a half phrases in Korean: Checking out the jobs on Craigslist Seoul, and finding a writing job posting that promises 'salary comiserate with experience.' We're trying to learn at least a word a day. So far, we've had hang gung (airport), and kopi han jan (a cup of coffee), among others. Today's word is pang (bread). Lana uses her right hand to indicate the vowel sounds in Korean writing, reminding me of Francois Truffaut's hand signals to demonstrate the aliens' musical tones in Close Encounters.

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