A year of college instruction not wasted!

[muckefuck]

The other night, BBC World News ran a story on the most recent riots in South Korea. Farmers protesting plans to lower tariffs on foreign rice imports clashes with police in Seoul. In-between scenes of the clashes, the camera lingered on a bag of grain while the voiceover discussed the likely impact of the increased imports on rice prices. Stuck into a the bag is cardboard sign with POLI written in Hankul several inches high.

Poli (M-R pori) is Korean for "barley".

Comments

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Standing in front of the Fortress of Sts Peter and Paul in St Petersburg and recognizing the word morozhonoe...

[danbearnyc.livejournal.com]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58633-2004Nov17.html

Washington Post article about total immersion English language instruction in Korea