Beee-yooou-teee-pul!~~ ^^
“I sorry… where you from?”
“Migook saram imnee-dahh. I’m from America. Migook.”
“Ohhhhhh!!! Odee (muu muu muu) ….?”
“Minnesota, you know Minnesota?”
“Oh, Yes! California!!!”
“Um… no. Umm.. Chicago. You know Chicago?”
“Ohhhhhh, California! Ooo-upeedah! Ooouu-peediaaaa, beee-yooo-teee-fuuull, you beaaaauuuteefulll, understand? (Motions toward face) shoooop, small! Beeeyoooteeful. Eeeyyyyes, beeyooooteefulll, you know? Nay, beeyyoouuteeeful eyyyes.”
“Yes, okay, thank you. Cahm-sahm nee- dah.”
“Ohhh, I sorry, Engrisheee very…. I no speak-ee Engrisheee…”
“English is very difficult, I know.”
“Naaaay, difficult! I no speak-ee Engrisheee, veeeeeeery difficult!!!!”
“Cahn- chan-ayye-yo, I know, arr-ayo, It’s okay.”
“Okay? Okay. Beeeyooouteeful. Okay.”
[Monday night sample of conversation after random encounter with the teachers from my friend’s school, eating Samgyeupsal. There may or may not have been several bottles of Soju involved to spur this particular case of enthusiam. None of the factors involved are uncommon.]