I was in Itaewon, the foreign district of Seoul, on Wednesday night at my weekly German get-together. I left at 1:30 in the morning and had to catch a cab home, and while I was standing on the street corner trying to find one I was approached by a hooker asking me if I wanted sex.
Remember I had just spent the last three hours speaking German, where “nee” means “no.” I was still in German mode. However, in Korean “nee” means yes. So I turned to the hooker and said to her “nee” then realized what I said and frantically searched for the Korean word for no. Once I remembered it I said “aniyo” and got in my cab which thankfully arrived just at that moment.
This is easily the funniest thing that’s happened to me since I’ve been here.
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