Amanda Takes Off...

Today was a weird Korean language day. I was studying flashcards while riding down an escalator and an old man (going up the escalator) leaned over far to see what I was doing. I twisted my wrist so he could see and he looked shocked. Yeah, like I can't see you. On the subway ride home, the guy I was standing next to was trying to see what I was reading and leaning over until I finally turned the book so he could see it.

I told Good Man these stories and then said, "Hey, I finally figured out how to remember 드디어." 드디어 means "finally" and it's said like deu-di-eo. "But you're going to laugh, cause you laughed about the cow."

He looked at me and laughed. I went on. "I sort of think of two girls talking to each other and one of them just had sex with her boyfriend for the first time. So the other says, 'Dude, he finally did'ya.' Can you hear it? 'DUde, he FINALLY DI yA.' OK, so it's really not that close, but otherwise I can not remember it, and if you say it fast enough, it's sort of the same."

I looked at Good Man. "Du, finally di ya."

He shook his head. "Naughty girlfriend..."