Odd Phrases
Strange things travelers might need to know…
My step-daughter goes to school with a lot of people from other countries and, right now, there are quite a few kids from Korea at her school. She has at least one friend that’s taught her some things in Korean, but she wanted to know more, so when we were out this weekend, I bought her the Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook. Well, we were going through some of it and found some interesting phrases. Things like “I don’t do drugs” and “I only smoke marajuana occasionally”. But, they also had “My period is … weeks late” and “Stop harassing me!”. How often do “travellers” really need phrases like this? What occasion calls for the discussion of drug use while in a foregin country?
I have some older Lonely Planet phrasebooks, but I don’t remember seeing phrases like this in them! I guess they’ve updated it for the new century. Hmm, at least it gives me some ideas for updating my Conlang Phrasebooks!
>>”My period is … weeks late”>”Stop harassing me!”.<<
You are living with me in Texas, and to my shame I have never taken you to Mexico. If I had, you would understand.
Also, if you were a woman (again with the gender thing!), you would understand.
Comment by Herself — 3/11/2004 @ 12:14 pm
Dangit your blog truncated my reply and made it illegible. Never mind, I don’t want to write it again.
Comment by Herself — 3/11/2004 @ 12:15 pm