In article <AbPIa.163651$h42.14122@twister.nyc.rr.com>,
min10011 <min10011@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> i'd agree.  well over 50% of the koreans above the age of 40 that i have
>> met in korea use the term "il bon nom" when talking about anyone
>> japanese...could be a japanese pitcher on tv, could be a japanese movie
>> star, whatever.  it's not "oh that il bon saram"...it's almost always
>> "ah...he's an il bon nom huh?"
>
>The over 40's you've met in Korea would be mostly your family members I
>suppose?  They sound like some pretty rough and uneducated people.

nah...usually the cab drivers.  the owner of a small restaurant that 
talks to you while he's watching the baseball game on tv.  the barber 
who sits around watching tv while waiting for customers, etc.

in other words...guys like you.

Dan.
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