나는 거대하군요!

[muckefuck]

Again, those crafty Koreans have outmatched me. I was worried they would gift me with songpyǒn (a traditional Ch'usǒk treat) next time I saw them, so preemptively struck with a Feida mooncake of my own. But I hadn't ordered lunch yet and that left me at their mercy. When they didn't have what I asked for, Jay made a suggestion: "Do you like eel?" He described a dish similar to unadon and, once I'd agreed, said, "And you don't have to pay." I protested, but he was firm. "Maybe you don't like it," he responded. "But I told you, I love eel!" Then he pulled out the trump card: "On Ch'usǒk, we treat our friends."

So trumped, I folded. (As niemandsrose pointed out later, the only way of ending this escalation is too move away from food. "They own a RESTAURANT," she emphasised, and suggested I find a playing field where I hold the advantage, such as information.) In any case, the unadon came and it was good. A caterpillar role (piled with eel on the outside) came, too, and it was also good. When I complained that they were too generous, Hera brought me a styrofoam container to take the leftovers home in. After I gamely consumed everything, Jay poked his head over and said, "Some green tea ice cream, 대문씨?" and was completely deaf to my protests. Two scoops later, I stumbled outside and wondered how I'd stay awake through the afternoon.

Comments

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'm curious why you use o-caron rather than o-breve?

(Also, where does 대문씨 come from? "Mr Big Gate"?)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Jay actually made a pun on that as I was walking out the door last Friday, but he knows full well that the second element is really 文, not 門.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Is that his name for you? Or your name for yourself?

Where does it come from? Your English name? A Chinese rendering thereof?

I'm curious about its origin but haven't been able to come up with a good explanation (or even a theory) for myself.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Didn't we talk about our Chinese names years ago? This is the Korean pronunciation of mine, which is based on a nickname rather than my actual given name.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Possibly; if so, I'm afraid I had forgotten about it.

Can you find the entry again? (I tried googling but didn't come up with anything suitable.)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I think it was in comments and those aren't searchable here. Message me if you're interested.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I am, so I did.