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Seoul Tries To Shock Parents Out Of Linguistic Surgery
Independent (UK) ^
| 1-3-2004
| Kathy Marks
Posted on 01/02/2004 4:33:19 PM PST by blam
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01/02/2004 4:33:21 PM PST
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blam
To: mhking
just damn ping
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01/02/2004 4:36:20 PM PST
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01/02/2004 4:36:44 PM PST
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To: blam
fleaky.
To: blam
Female's in some places have plastic surgery to get "round" eyes,for the "American" look.
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posted on
01/02/2004 4:46:47 PM PST
by
Free Trapper
(One with courage is often a majority)
To: blam
Learning English is a national fixation in South Korea, where a hot-line has been set up for people to report errors of English spelling or grammar on signs. If things keep going the way they are we'll need one of those numbers here.
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posted on
01/02/2004 4:50:29 PM PST
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pa_dweller
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To: pa_dweller
What! YOu didn't know about the Posting Police hot line number??
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posted on
01/02/2004 4:55:28 PM PST
by
tet68
To: blam
make the tongue longer and supposedly nimbler guess it would make one a more...ummm... "astute" or "sly" linguist...
wonder if that procedure is offered here....
To: fourdeuce82d
Hee Hee Hee! How very cunning of you to come up with that!
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posted on
01/02/2004 4:59:35 PM PST
by
Theresawithanh
(Why would anyone in their right mind vote democrat??????)
To: blam
Thereby improving the chance for their children to pass the special English language test administered in New Zealand which was designed to keep out Americans.
Ya' just never know.
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:01:07 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Fifth Business
"fleaky"
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:11:49 PM PST
by
saquin
To: blam
It's a bit early for April Fool's Day, isn't it? This story has to be total BS.
To: Batrachian
Yall are gonna die but this used to be pretty common in the states to cure "tongue tiedness",,it was done all the time. I am old enough to remember.
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:29:54 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: Free Trapper
Female's in some places have plastic surgery to get "round" eyes,for the "American" look. I live near a large Asian community and it's very common for Vietnamese women, especially, to have the eye surgery as well as surgery to, um, enhance the bust. I have to say that the results are often spectacular.
To: blam
These parents are a bunch of plicks!
To: blam
Speaking fluent English, the language of choice in global business, is regarded as a prerequisite for getting ahead.Wouldn't it be wonderful if more Americans felt the same way...
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:42:59 PM PST
by
Zeppo
To: cajungirl
...this used to be pretty common in the states to cure "tongue tiedness"... There's a great episode of The Beverly Hillbillies where Granny sets up a medical practice. When Mr. Drysdale mispronounces a word, she chases him around offering to "bob his tongue" for a quarter. My brother and I still say that to each other when one of us misprounounces something.
To: cajungirl
Did it work?
To: blam
This has never made sense to me. I know a bunch of people of Korean heritage, some born here, some who came over as kids. They all speak English perfectly. If it was a genetic issue particular to Koreans, they too would have problems speaking English.
Practice, hearing native speakers, and mo' practice.
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:51:53 PM PST
by
radiohead
(Michigan Alumna, Michigan Mom)
To: Batrachian
No it didn't unless the kid had a long attachment and couldn't move his tongue. I am sitting here with my husband who says his doc wanted to cut his frenulum{the attachment under the tongue, you can feel it} and they didn't. He is 63 and this was brought up when he was around 7
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posted on
01/02/2004 5:53:47 PM PST
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cajungirl
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