We all know about ESL (English as a Second Language), TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), but I think Korea should have some of their own. Such as:
EIWTEW (English for “uhmm..ahh…I want to English well”)
EHFSBOWF (English for saying Hi to Foreigners on the Street, but only when I’m with other Korean Friends, so I can show-off/pretend to be ‘wild and crazy’ to my peers, even though I wouldn’t dare saying boo, if I was by myself and saw a passing foreigner.)
EBCM (English for avoiding a Beating from my uber-Competitive Mother)
EFDMIST (English for working in Fashion Design, so I can Make Incoherent Sentences on T-Shirts)
ESHTNPSE (English for Scoring High on TOEFL, even though I have No Plans to ever Speak English again)
EPEIHS (English for Passing the English Interview requirement of when applying at Hyundai or Samsung, even though I’m only applying for one of the gazillion jobs that don’t involve in English in any form)
ESOAE (English for the ability to Show Off in front of a girl, in order to Appear Esteemed, because she’d drop me like a sack of sweet potatoes, if she knew my time is usually spent sleeping at mom and dad’s house and playing computer games all day.)
EDWA (English for being able to debate Wikipedia Admins when I hijack articles on Dokdo or Prostitution in Korea and get into revert wars to ensure that Korea is maintained in some form of tooth fairy-esque light to foreigners.)
EGMTHOH (English for Getting Me the Hell out of Here)
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June 15th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
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