what about gookette?
Also, how do u say "thank you" in korean! how is it pronounced
2006-07-08 12:45:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Korea
It is very offensive.
Koreans are xenophobic and are amazed at how foreigners look. For this reason, they like to point at foreigners and scream: foreigner! They do it today as well. During the Korean War, they did just that and shouted: Americans! to the US soldiers. American in Korean is Mi-guk. The Americans thought they said that they were "guk". It sounded like: "me guk" or "I am guk".
So that's why it's so offensive, because it reminds the Korean people of how idiotic they sounded.
thank you = kham-sa-ham-ni-da 감사합니다
2006-07-08 13:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by Porgie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well i live here in korea as a foreigner and i hear waegook(foreigner) and migook (american) all the time
its not offensive
even i gave my one student the nickname of migook because she sounds like one and she has no problem with it
the "g00k" means country in korean...nothing offensive about it
I think g00k has another meaning in english (some offensive name for vietnamese or someone?) but thats an english offensive term...definitely not anything to do with Korean
2006-07-09 07:51:04 · answer #2 · answered by fm m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you.
I learned a new Enlgish word today, the ****.
Then how can I call you a baby like you?
Korean netizens usually call people like you
"No-brains."
2006-07-09 09:14:48 · answer #3 · answered by goodgood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, im native Korean, and that word doesnt offend me one bit. Why would it ever offend us?
2006-07-12 19:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by gogogo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more offensive than saying someone who is ignorant about things like this is a dumbass.
2006-07-09 00:38:42 · answer #5 · answered by starcow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That word offends me. I am korean. In Korean, you say "Gahm-sah-hahm-ni-da."
2006-07-12 17:13:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
g*ook is for vietnamese, not korean. there really is no korean racial slur out there except for maybe slope or the general chink.
2006-07-11 19:28:47 · answer #7 · answered by DIE BEEYOTCH!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it gets censored it's proabably offensive.
2006-07-08 23:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by aznbuddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good. I've just reported you to abuse. You're absolutely brilliant.
2006-07-08 20:00:20 · answer #9 · answered by skinny0ne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
r u serious.....?
2006-07-08 19:56:11 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋