Disclaimer: Excuse the language, this was an article suggested by one of our loyal readers. This post is better suited at the Korean crowd. Enjoy.
One of Korean school kids’ favourite games is 똥침, or “ddong ch’im,” which translates roughly as “shit needle.” It’s not complicated; all you do is run around with your two […]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
#81 National Scatology
Posted July 8th, 2008 by Peter · No Comments
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#80 Aiya!
Posted June 24th, 2008 by Peter · 16 Comments
To most cultures, languages offer thousands upon thousands of ways to say just about anything. To the Chinese, whether by cultural design or sheer ease of pronunciation, one one-syllable phrase has encapsulated the essences of fear, empathy, despair, pain, and surprise all at the same time.
“Ah-Ya!” (啊呀), which is literally the combination of two […]
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#77 Techno
Posted June 3rd, 2008 by Peter · 4 Comments
We’ve received a great deal of responses from SAPL readers concerning last week’s open topic: Asians and Techno. I have taken the liberty of compiling your well-thought out responses and adding the tasty writing style that has made SAPL so popular into a juicy article. Here goes:
Asians-Techno… Techno-Asians… They both sound the same to many. […]
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