hey love the thumbnail& the comments are so interesting :) especially i like how '평어' catches the eye. had so much fun. -Yewon

My daughter is one of the young Americans who moved to Korea last summer. Yes she is an English teacher and loves working with her young students. Her experience is odd at times. She is white, blonde, blue eyes, thinner and I think very pretty. Her school actively pursued her because this is what Korean parents desire in a teacher for their kids. She had studied in Italy during undergrad and wished to see another part of the world. She’s made friends and dated and was basically adopted by some older Koreans. She still meets young people who have never met a foreigner before. She moved there with very rudimentary Korean skills but continues to work on it. Reality wise it was very hard for her in those first few months because of the feelings of isolation and loneliness. She says though that she still does not regret her choice though. I know that sometimes it is said that people come there to teach because they couldn’t cut it at home. She left a very good job as an event coordinator at a large convention center. She simply wanted to experience more of the world.

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that your daughter is having a good time here. It's a perfect place to experience new things because while much will be familiar, there is also that which remains rather strange. The first few months/years can be rather tricky, but with an open mind and a decent support group, Korea can become home. Best wishes to your daughter.

David I really appreciate your comment about being a first generation immigrant versus and "expat". I think theres alot of truth to having to get out and get it and the sacrifice involved in living abroad but but also the oppurtunity that it presents. I don't hink the feeling you have is controversial in the slightest and I wish more epeople had this attitude versus the expat mindset.

@DavidTizzard

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I shared your comment on the Korea Deconstructed instagram page and you have inspired me to write about this in my column on the weekend. Great to have you as part of the conversation.

Good video David. I enjoyed listening to the ideas and thought of these young people.

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting the voices of youth, Anton. I think your comment will mean a lot to them. Our conversation, particularly your insights on Korean history, has become part of my lecture materials on Korea Studies now too.

Listening from across the globe :) Good Job!

@DavidTizzard

Ай бұрын

So cool! Thank you for joining the conversation. Where are you listening from?

What did you think of Yewon, Yunseo, and Charlie's thoughts about life in Seoul as a young Korean?

Thank you so much for such an insightful program: very eye opening! I want to wish them all the best & "Fighting!" (is it the correct term?) Lots of greetings from Barcelona! 🙂

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

Really appreciate the warm words. Fighting (화이팅!) is exactly the right expression to cheer someone on, yes. Your Korean is very good!!

@CarlosElKik

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidTizzard I follow you over Linkedin & have been to Seoul & Suwon for my startups (DeepTech, Samsung). Might be visiting again this summer for business. Really appreciate the work and effort you all put into it and the insightful knowledge one gains from it! ☺

I think I got the gist of 평어 from the discussion. But Google Translate gave me 'flatfish' as the translation for 평어. A German dictionary finally came closest to what I imagine it means: 'einfach' or 'simple'--applied to your discussion, it could refer to language without formalities or honorifics. Is this correct? Or is there a better English translation of 평어 ?

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

It's a great question. And I was a little confused when I first heard it, too. The character is 평 (平). And it kind of means "flat". I think the best way to understand it is seeing what other words the character 평 is in. For example: 공평 (fairness), 수평선 (horizon), 편평 (flat), 평균 (average), 평화 (peace) and 평등 (equality). So it refers to a flattening or equalizing of hierarchy in a sense. It's also the same 평 as in 평양 (Pyongyang), the capital of North Korea. That means "a flat land". When people speak 평어 (flat language), therefore, they are removing distancing between them. Does that make sense? lol

@elemental9578

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidTizzard Yes, it does. Thank you. On my way to the German translation, I tried out two other online dictionaries that gave me 'flat' and 'plain' respectively. Both somehow also fit into how you describe this equal exchange. But the biggest mystery is how Google Translate came up with flatfish. When I tried the German version of Google Translate, it came up with 'plattfisch' , i.e. 'flatfish'. I wonder if the word's etymology goes back to some earlier meaning that has nothing to do with its current meaning.

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

@@elemental9578 어 (魚) refers to fish. It's common in words like salmon (연어), trout, (송어) and mackerel (고등어). So putting the characters 평 and 어 together, it's perhaps understandable that a computer system lacking context would come up with the term it did for you. Weirdly enough, flatfish in Korean is actually 광어 haha

@ArielaShines

Ай бұрын

@@DavidTizzard So would saying "flat" be saying "standard" or "simple" language? Fascinating.

@DavidTizzard

Ай бұрын

@@ArielaShines Yes, something like that. It's hard to get a direct translation that includes all the nuances but you're on the right path. Essentially it's like an equal language where one party is not higher than the other in terms of formality.

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Foregine can experience Korean culture well. But like she told, if the foregine want to deeply know about Korean culture, they can be excluded. I think exclusion is bad culture but a lot of korean like this and they do distinction. Beacause of this, most of people estimate another people with standard like a college, job and age. In this vidio, professer told that you feel little bit hard to use name(호칭). I think 호칭 can be one of the distinction too. We feel hard to speak another opinion to older person. On the other hand people feel much comfortable speak to younger one. So in this point, I think Korea is not open than another countrey.

@DavidTizzard

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for joining the conversation. I think it's important to respect and acknowledge Korean culture. Like you say, however, the 호칭 culture sometimes makes it hard to speak to older people as naturally as we want to...

I love korea but it's fck up place. People are living there 24/7 under pressure.

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

Some people are; some people aren't. For every student that struggles with exams, there's another one playing football and watching Netflix.

No great nature, coffee shops, few birds, old people scowling. Stay away unless u an artist. Art energy good, and fashion.

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

The old people are lovely. And with the cherry blossoms in bloom and the Han River full of picnics every weekend, I'm not sure you're describing the Korea that some of us inhabit.

Is it worth living in Seoul? Not Korea.

living in sk as a female? fine but as a dude? nope

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

And yet Charlie, the dude, was the most patriotic of all 3 guests...

@DEEPWEB-.-

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidTizzard A huge respect for him in that sense actually

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

@@DEEPWEB-.- He got a tattoo of Lee Sunsin ffs! haha

@DEEPWEB-.-

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidTizzard Haha yeah i saw that, a very nice one 😂😂 nice videos always thanks for making these

@DavidTizzard

3 ай бұрын

@@DEEPWEB-.- Appreciate the support. Thank you!!