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| vientito Senior Member Canada Joined 6339 days ago 212 posts - 281 votes  | Message 49 of 53 19 May 2013 at 7:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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For all the time and effort I have spent in learning korean, I probably could have picked up a second job :) However, four years into this I can still say to myself this stuff is ultra-potent.
And who cares about money if you are having loads of fun? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ByzantineDragon Triglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4244 days ago 23 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto Studies: German | Message 50 of 53 25 May 2013 at 6:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Op, op, op, Oppan gangnam style!
There are probably a lot of reasons but I think that gangnam style sure promoted the language. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Warp3 Senior Member United States forum_posts.asp?TID= Joined 5536 days ago 1419 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Korean, Japanese | Message 51 of 53 26 May 2013 at 4:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Psy's sudden viral popularity explosion with that song certainly didn't hurt the overall popularity of Korean media in general, though the global popularity of Korean media has been rapidly rising for quite a few years now (mostly due to K-pop and K-dramas).
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| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 52 of 53 26 May 2013 at 6:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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I studied Korean for a few months (back in the 2000ies), but the complexity of Korean phonetics and grammar put me off. Mandarin is much easier than Korean, and Mandarin music is just as good (Jolin Tsai rocks!). Edited by Medulin on 26 May 2013 at 6:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ByzantineDragon Triglot Newbie Netherlands Joined 4244 days ago 23 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto Studies: German | Message 53 of 53 26 May 2013 at 6:27pm | IP Logged | ||
Indeed. Same goes with Japanese. A lot of people get interested in learning Japanese, thanks to K-pop, Anime, Manga etcetera. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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