But the minute class distinctions depending on how one speaks based on which *street* he grew up on in, say, London? NSM in Korea. If you are born and raised in Seoul, you speak like a Seoulite, whether your father is a cabinet minister or a school janitor.
Check. I'm thinking that Vonnie's parents are out of Seoul. "Out of" in the sense of: from there.
I'm beginning to feel really sorry for Jin, who's going to be more and more isolated as his wife continues to unfurl her metaphorical wings. Poor bastard.
Yes!
you know...it's really interesting that y'all are discussing DDK's "accent". he just made a long post at the Fuselage addressing just that.
tiggy: Link! We need da link!
ack! sorry. it's thefuselage.com. you'll have to scroll down a little bit. he's posting as "Jin".
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I'm thinking that Vonnie's parents are out of Seoul.
They are from Dae-gu originally, which isn't that far from Pusan. They have the appropriate accent, which gets thicker when they speak with people from the same region. I was born and raised in Seoul though and don't have much in the way of the regional accent--although I can fake one.
he just made a long post at the Fuselage addressing just that.
Oooh, what did he say? Fuselage scares me with its backward posting order and wiggy green-on-black design.
And I get a kick out of DDK using "Jin" as his board name.
here's the post with a bit of formatting editing by me.
Jin says:
(Sun Nov 14 06:12:25 2004) [Edit/Delete]
Hey shady-
Thanks for your question. So let me be really clear about my Korean
because I've read some really harsh criticisms of it on some sites, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt. I am as proud to be Korean as I am to be American, and I care very deeply what the Korean community thinks of my work, and the show in general. For the record, though Korean is my first language, I came to the US when I was 2. Though I continue to speak with my parents, English quickly became my primary language. I do speak Korean, contrary to what I've read about me, but my Korean is flawed in two ways: I have a Kyungsangdo accent (my entire family's from Busan) and as I've gotten older, it's also gotten mixed with an American accent. Also, because I've only spoken with my parents, my vocabulary is what I would call on the "household" level. So I do have a coach, and Yunjin has been incredibly generous with her help as well. As I said the other day, speaking Korean on camera has been one of the biggest challenges of my career - from learning new vocabulary, to softening my accent, AND trying to play intentions (you know, that stuff that actors do : ), it's been a lot of work, but totally worth it, for so many reasons. For those of you who think my
Korean's not good enough, my deepest apologies. I will say though, that my friends and family from Busan have had absolutely no problem understanding me. : ) Just know that one of the things I'm most proud of on this show is that Yunjin and I actually get to portray and speak the language we grew up with. I'm doing the best that I can to do justice to this unique opportunity. I give so much credit to J.J.,
Damon, the writers, and the network for allowing it to happen.
I'll end with some food for thought: how many times have you seen a primetime network TV show with 50% of its dialogue in another language? And some of it not even subtitled! It's pretty roundbreaking, don't you think? So sorry for the long post, but I thought it would help to clear the air. I hope that answers your question. Thanks!
from DDK's post at thefuselage:
Jin says:
1. I was told that my episode will be around number 15 or 16.
Is that a spoiler? It's kind of vague, in that we know charactors are featured...
2. One of the best things about being on this show is how great everyone in the cast is. I know every actor says that, but in our case it's true. We've actually been getting together at each other's houses every Wedneday night to watch the show together. the person who's featured that night hosts everyone else. Pretty cool, huh?
Thansk, tiggy!
DDK, from another board:
Hey shady-
Thanks for your question.
So let me be really clear about my Korean
because I've read some really harsh criticisms
of it on some sites, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't hurt. I am as proud to be Korean as I am to be
American, and I care very deeply what the Korean community thinks of my work, and the show in
general.
For the record,
though
Korean is my first language, I came to the US
when I was 2. Though I continue to speak
with my parents, English quickly became my
primary language. I do speak Korean,
contrary to what I've read about me, but my
Korean is flawed in two ways: I have a
Kyungsangdo accent (my entire family's from
Busan) and as I've gotten older, it's also
gotten mixed with an American accent. Also,
because I've only spoken with my parents,
my vocabulary is what I would call on the "household"
level. So I do have a coach, and Yunjin has
been incredibly generous with her help as
well. As I said the other day, speaking
Korean on camera has been one of the
biggest challenges of my career - from
learning new vocabulary, to softening my
accent, AND trying to play intentions (you
know, that stuff that actors do : ), it's been a
lot of work, but totally worth it, for so many
reasons. For those of you who think my
Korean's not good enough, my deepest
apologies. I will say though, that my friends
and family from Busan have had absolutely
no problem understanding me. : )
Just know that one of the things
I'm most proud of on this show is that Yunjin
and I actually get to portray and speak the
language we grew up with. I'm doing the
best that I can to do justice to this unique
opportunity. I give so much credit to J.J.,
Damon, the writers, and the network for
allowing it to happen.
I'll end with some food for thought: how
many times have you seen a primetime
network TV show with 50% of its dialogue in
another language? And some of it not even
subtitled! It's pretty groundbreaking, don't
you think? So sorry for the long post, but I thought it would help to clear the air.
I hope that answers your
question. Thanks!
