Comments on: Sounds Serious

By: Nic

Nic — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:58:00 +0000

In reply to Cassie. This is so true. One of the funniest things is when I deal a joke or story in English and then my husband translates it for Koreans and it just sounds so much more dramatic and funny.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Koreans tend to put extra umph into things they’re talking about. Particularly when they’re trying to beef-up/emphasize their story. It’s so funny to see the difference between how my husband talks to me in English and then how he talks to his friends in Korean. I feel like this is a subject one of the Korean vloggers out there should make a video of; first retelling an event in English, then saying the exact same thing on Korean. It’d be quite interesting.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:10:00 +0000

In reply to Oegukeen. hehe my husband is so loud when he calls home, I swear he is pretty much yelling down the phone "HEY WHAT'S GOING ON!"

By: Oegukeen

Oegukeen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:42:00 +0000

I haven’t been in Korea yet and my boyfriend speaks very calmly and quietly when he calls back home. But my family is also extremly loud, so I worry that he is sometimes going to think I am fighting with my parents which is not true at all. We usually are just annoyed at some little thing a third party did. 🙂

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:57:00 +0000

In reply to Nic. I feel like if people don't think they will be understood often people are just louder than they would be in their home country too.

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:27:00 +0000

In reply to Kimmy. haha yeah and depending on what area someone is from in Korea may affect the loudness.

By: Kimmy

Kimmy — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:54:00 +0000

That’s so true! I’m an Aussie-born Korean and whenever I hear Koreans speaking really loudly, I can’t help but to listen to what they’re saying. And usually it’s nothing serious at all, something like my eyeliner is smudged, I’ve gained so much weight etc. I think their inside voices are just a tiny bit louder than normal.