Plus a little on loanwords vs native words & the history of Korean language
Category: Body & Health
Jam-kkureogi 잠꾸러기: I don’t wanna wake up!
Beware, sleepyheads! A life of hard labor awaits you.
Gochu 고추: Nationalism, food history, and granny slang
The small pepper is spicy.
hwajangsil 화장실: Talking toilets in Korean
Korean has plenty of current and archaic words for toilet!
Hwait’ŭ 화이트: The many meanings of “white” in Korea
White in Korea, from makeup bag to pencil case
tonggul t’amhŏm 동굴 탐험
Little kids have the same interests in any language.
Shower 샤워
Bathing in Korea can hold some surprises…
Sŏlsa 설사
Poo and the perils of cross-cultural communication