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How To Swear In English

by Choire Sicha June 14, 2010


Listen up, Koreans: This is what we’re really saying around you. Stuff like: Hey gramps? Your skin is sick. Just don’t think we’re saying you’re “ill.” Also, this video contains a really magical exegesis of the word “fuck.” I would learn English from this man!

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