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tokusatsufan 09-06-2011 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Umihito (Post 878899)
It may not be too relevent here, but I think Korean sounds a LOT like Chinese. When I was abroad in a country where they showed both Korean and Chinese TV programmes, I thought I was watching a Chinese show until I saw the writing.
What country was that?

KyleGoetz 09-06-2011 10:53 PM
Yeah, it took me until that one break about 30 seconds in to tell for sure it was Korean, too. Before that, it sounded like 90% of hip-hop in any language when I hear it for the first time: unintelligible.

Even American hip-hop sometimes takes a couple listens before I pick up on anything significant.

princessmarisa 09-07-2011 11:24 AM
My brain seems to get the feeling with Korean media that it is like Korean with the odd Japanese word thrown in, because say if I hear something for example ending in what sounds like 'inai' I start to think I heard a Japanese word

Umihito 09-07-2011 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tokusatsufan (Post 878946)
What country was that?
It was Malaysia, in South East Asia :)
They love their Korean and Chinese dramas there! lol


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