Cultural Post #4

[Brenda Lim]

As mentioned in my biweekly journal, we took a field trip to Grand Mart. It was a really good experience because other students were there as well. One interesting event that happened was one of the students had trouble with ordering what they wanted. He said a number such as 31, but the person taking the order misheard it as 32. In Korean 1 and 2 are similar in sound. 일 (il) is one, and 이 (ee) is two. She kept making sure, and asked "are you sure you said 31 not 32?". However, the student was sure he said 31 (I heard him as well!). Because of the similar sounding numbers, it was understandable that this kind of misunderstanding occurred. It was a situation we all laughed at and had lots of fun. 

Picture credits: Jenna Lee!!