Plus a little on loanwords vs native words & the history of Korean language
Tag: body
Gochu 고추: Nationalism, food history, and granny slang
The small pepper is spicy.
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.
Sŏlsa 설사
Poo and the perils of cross-cultural communication
Sul-ddong 술똥
Poo occupies a somewhat different cultural space in Korea than in the West.