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    SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock (Vol.2)
    SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock (Vol.2)
    SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock (Vol.2)
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    SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock (Vol.2)

    By Nailah Harvey

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    Can you imagine eating kimchi—a spicy cabbage—for breakfast, lunch and dinner? In South Korea (SoKo), it is quite common to eat this particular dish with rice at any time of day. Nailah learned this and many other things while on her seasonal journey in Eastern Asia. From receiving a roll of toilet tissue at the grand opening of a cell phone store, to attending Korean church, Nailah experienced a great deal of culture shock in SoKo. She learned the beauty in cultural differences, but quite shockingly, Nailah learned a lot more about herself. Her cultural and spiritual journey went hand in hand. Don’t take anything Nailah says for gospel, but enjoy the ride as she takes you on an “ethnically homogeneous” roller coaster through “The Land of the Morning Calm”.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNailah Harvey
    Release dateNov 29, 2013
    ISBN9781311153692
    SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock (Vol.2)
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    Nailah Harvey

    Nailah Harvey lives in Los Angeles, California as an indie author and copywriter. When not writing her next book, Nailah teaches authors and bloggers how to #LookBetterInWriting with grammar & writing resources on her educational website (www.nharv.com). Nailah's greatest adventure was living & teaching overseas in South Korea--where she began her "SoKoDiaries Book Series."

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      SoKoDiaries - Nailah Harvey

      SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock

      By Nailah Harvey

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2013

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      SoKoDiaries: Culture Shock

      By Nailah Harvey

      Smashwords Edition

      Acknowledgements

      As always, I would like to thank God for the gift of writing… and everything else.

      To my cousin, L.Divine, I thank you for paving the way in our family and for ambitious authors like myself. You set a pretty high standard. I appreciate you imparting your wisdom in my writing career as well as my life; it not only shows how great of an older cousin you are, but it shows how passionate of a writer you are. FYI, your Drama High Book Series are classics in my diverse book collection.

      Dedication

      I dedicate this book to my Botts boys: Derrick, Darnell, Daryl, Daron and D’Ron. You guys are more like older brothers than cousins. Each of you hold a very special place in my heart.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Engrish

      Chapter 2: Konglish

      Chapter 3: Last Minuteness

      Chapter 4: Kimchi, Rice & Chopsticks…The Necessary Trifecta

      Chapter 5: More Food Please?

      Fast-food Restaurants

      Fruit is for the Rich

      Why Is There No Breakfast Here?

      Table Etiquette

      Teacher’s Dinners

      Chapter 6: Everything is Cheaper, Smaller, Simpler and More Difficult

      Wow, that’s cheap!

      Banks & Movie theaters

      Grocery Shopping

      Units of Measurement

      The Difficult

      Chapter 7: Jesus Take the Wheel…Korean Transportation

      Chapter 8: Passion for Fashion

      Chapter 9: Jjimjilbang

      Chapter 10: Korean Pop Music

      Chapter 11: Ms. Harvey vs. Nailah Teacher

      Chapter 12: How is Korea Safe When There Are Always Rumors of War?

      Chapter 13: Names, Ages and Holidays

      Chapter 14: Society Has the Last Say So

      How Am I Supposed To Know Who’s Married?

      Selfies

      Dining Alone?

      Losing Face

      The Imaginary System

      Chapter 15: Unwritten Rules

      Chapter 16: Embarrassing Stories & Miscellaneous Journal Entries

      Chapter 17: Farewell

      Chapter 1: Engrish

      Imagine a language without definitive consonants…welcome to Korean 101. At arbitrary times, there is no L sound in the Korean language, so the word English sounds like Engrish. The R sound replaces the L sound. In fact, there were consonants from the spoken English language that simply didn’t exist in the Korean language. The most noticeable missing consonants are /r/, /f/, and /v/. The word Engrish is not the word with a replacement consonant. For example, the /f/ sound in the word phonics is pronounced ponics. The /v/ sound in the word vase would be pronounced as base. Other missing consonants are the /θ/ and /ð/, or the /th/ sound, in the words that and tithes. In this case, these two words would be pronounced tat and tides.

      In Korean grammar, a word cannot end in a consonant. So, Koreans add vowel sounds ie and uh to the end of words that that typically end in a consonant sound. Bread, for instance, would be pronounced as bread-uh. This plays into syllable pronunciation. Koreans harshly pronounce syllables in the English language. If the word English is not pronounced as Englishie, then it is definitely pronounced as Eng-uh-lish-ie.

      What is the difference between Engrish and Englishie? Well, Engrish simply replaced the consonant L with the consonant R. Along with consonant replacements, consonant pronunciations are equally important to understanding the Korean language. The sh sound is pronounced as shhhh like be quiet in the English language, but not so much in Korea. Instead, the sh is pronounced as shi. Hence the pronunciation of the word English as Englishie. Fish and trash are also fishie and trashie. I would often hear "No Englishie from my neighbors, store clerks and other native Koreans when I spoke in my native language. That is, of course, if I didn’t hear No Engrish."

      Along with the inexistence and mispronunciation of

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