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안녕하세요. 현우예요. Hi. I'm Hyunwoo. Are you all following the Olympic matches(경기)? What is your favorite(가장 좋아하는) sport? I love watching all kinds of sport matches, but my favorite is gymnastics(체조)!! So if you have a favorite sport match that you never want to miss on TV during the Olympic Games period, here's the list of the 28 major match names in English and Korean. ___________________________________________ Modern Pentathlon = 근대5종 (geundae o jong) Basketball = 농구 (nong gu) Wrestling = 레슬링 (re seul ling) Volleyball = 배구 (bae gu) Badminton = 배드민턴 (bae deu min teon) Boxing = 복싱 (bok sing) Shooting = 사격 (sa gyeok) Cycling = 사이클 (sa i keul) Softball = 소프트볼 (so peu teu bol) Swimming = 수영 (su yeong) Equestrian =... Show more

Vegetarianism. If you are 1 in 5 billion people that are vegan (these are verifiable facts here, people), you must be: 1) Angry at something, or 2) Conscientious of something that doesn't quite sit with you. Either way, you have chosen a meat-free life that has almost exclusively alienated all of your closest friends and family. Great job! You will continue to live this lifestyle until you are a tired, old, cynical shell of a human being that is known more for vulgarity than eco-friendliness. Wow! I can't wait to subject my own children one day to this Hollywood-esque lifestyle! Hey, I'm okay with it. But many vegetarians react to their diet defensively almost like being accused of racism. "But I have lots of meat-eating... Show more

안녕하세요! 현우예요. We're all here to learn Korean, and we already know the language, but here's some more tip on the words themselves that we use to refer to 'the Korean language' ^^ As you know, the Korean language is called '한국어(han gu geo)' or '한국말(han guk mal)'. Both the words '한국어' and '한국말' are composed of two meaning blocks : Korean + language. 어, which can be written in the Chinese character 語, means "language", and 말, which is a native Korean word, also means "language". So basically 한국어 and 한국말 are the same meaning, but I'd say 한국어 is a little more formal word while 한국말 is a more colloquial word. '어' can be found in many other language names, but '말' is not so commonly used other than in the word '한국말' or '우리말(uri mal -... Show more

Size. I'm from Texas. It's true - everything in Texas is bigger. I wonder if the reverse is true for South Korea? Let's take a look. South Korea encompasses a skant 38,492 square miles - which makes it slightly bigger than the state of Indiana but slightly smaller than Kentucky. Woah~ that is small. What about population? Kentucky has roughly 4,500,000 residents while Korea has just under 50,000,000. That makes Texas roughly half the population of South Korea. So, Kentucky has 40,411 square miles of land with about 111 people per square mile. Texas fares a bit better with 268,601 square miles - that's roughly 93 people per square mile. Korea? 1300 people per square mile. Shall we have a chart? Oh man I love charts: Korea - 38,492... Show more

More from Stephanie:  So on an early release day at the elementary school where I helped teach, my aunt picked me up and I went with her to help her with her job, which was a private English tutor for kids. Her job seemed to consist mostly of driving to each kid's apartment, checking their homework, asking a few questions and assigning more homework for next time. (maybe it was homework-check-day or something) but after we visited a few kids and got in the elevator to ascend yet again, we were joined by some very young "초딩"s. Before we came to that apartment we had each bought an "ice cream" (more of popsicle type things really) and were trying to eat it before we got to the kids house and when my aunt saw the two second or third grade... Show more