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[Servant Corps]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/world/asia/12korea.html

Something you don't get to see every day.

[Cthulhu]

So it took the Korean government dragging its economy across the street and telling it to bite the curb to get the people pissed off at the powers that be?

That is one crazy country, man.

[Aqizzar]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/world/asia/12korea.html

The reported apology, from the North Korean prime minister Kim Yong-il, came just days after South Korean news outlets reported that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, fired the senior official who had spearheaded the currency reform.

Wait.  The Supreme Leader is Kim Jong-il, and there's a Prime Minister named Kim Yong-il?  And according to Wikipedia, Kim Jong-il had a brother named Kim Yong-il?

I guess Marklar only has so many Marklars, so all the Marklars in Marklar are named Marklar or Marklar.  That has to get confusing.

[JaaSwb]

There is also a South-Korean athlete named Kim Jong-il (sometimes spelled Kim Yong-il), and a prominent politician in the South by the name of Kim Jong-pil. Kim is the most common Korean surname, covering 350-odd clans. That's about one in five Koreans named Kim. Given that, it's not surprising there are so many Kim Jong-ils in the world.

[Duke 2.0]

 From what I know in Korea siblings have very similar names. Just part of the culture. Please correct me if I'm wrong, this is more of something I've noticed than a fact stated to me.

 Then again, this is North Korea. I'm not surprised more people don't have the same name as the supreme leader.

[Mr Tk]

Teaching in Korea, one saying I've heard is "It's like trying to find Mr Kim in Seoul."

Lots of my students have the same name or similar names as well which can make it confusing. I have a Kim Jong Young, whose name I only remember because of Kim Jong Il

[KaelGotDwarves]

Yeah, TWO of my Korean ex's had sisters who had names that were just one letter off from their's.

In one case, one of them had a twin. Incredibly confusing.

[Ampersand]

Do you also work for the British Intelligence agency and have horrible teeth?

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[Nilocy]

have horrible teeth?

We don't have horrible teeth! Well, most of us don't!

We have the best teeth in Europe.

[Footkerchief]

have horrible teeth?

We don't have horrible teeth! Well, most of us don't!

We have the best teeth in Europe.

Until you pick fights with Thai boxers.

[DJ]

Best teeth? Is that this British sarcasm thing I keep hearing about?

[Blacken]

The British don't do sarcasm. They do irony. While standing in queues.

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[KaelGotDwarves]

While complaining about not having British accents but "yorkshire accents" while being from York, not Yorkshire, and better say England, not British.

/had a "British" friend who had a big pet peeve about that stuff.

Oh man, when I went to my ex's sister's wedding while I was still with her, her family kept asking if I was dating her twin if she happened to step away, even her dad. Awkward...