Click if you want to learn KOREAN Terms of Endearment<3 I like calling my female friends "sweetie", "babygirl" or "ma douce" =] I enjoy how close it makes us feel. But I don't call my Korean friends any of these unless I am joking around. So, how do I address those whom I am speaking to in general? Put simply, (1) Using Korean terms of Endearment shows friendship or family ties. (2) Wether Male or female, people who are younger than you would be addressed by their names. (3) There are different terms for each age group, but I am just talking about basics here..! If you are a boy, you would call any guys who are older than you (including your order brother) "Hyeong", older women "Noona" If you are a girl, you would call girls older than you "Unni", guys who are older than you "Oppa" It is a bit complicated with "Oppa" though, because it can sound like you are flirting with the guy when used to address someone who aren't blood related. Because of Korean culture that "cutesiness" is cherished, girlfriends call their boyfriends "Oppa", and even wives say it to their husbands. In my opinion, you could put the guy's name to it before you say Oppa, -let's say his name is "Youngsu"- for example, "Youngsu Oppa" to neutralise the confusion or anything close to flirtation, but this could still be taken the wrong way. One more tip, Koreans use "Jagiya" "Jagi" only if they are in romantically involved, "yobo" when they get married. "Jagi" means "you" and it might not sound as sweet when you only think about the definition of the word, but it depends on who says it and how you say it. I hope this helps ! =]

A rolling stone prolonged singledom has become a rolling stone, gathering up debt and offspring that, we can be imagine, will manifest themselves in years to come in more broken, or never-realised, marriages. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a) Does "a rolling stone" mean "a problem that gets worse and worse"? And does "a rolling stone" mean always something negative? b) What does "themselves" refer to? c) Does "offspring" here mean kids from the unwed? d) Does "broken" here mean "divorce"? Thank you.

Placentas I saw a question about how to use two phrases that have very similiar meanings. Just like many other native speakers, I barely think about subtle differences of words or phrases, if at all. So it took me like a minute to come up with what good examples of the phrases might be. What I could think of off the top of my head was an example that involves placentas. It might have been very much to do with the fact that I just read about some mothers who chose to eat their placentas. As far as I am concerned, people who believe eating their placentas can do any good for them could be very much likely to experience de facto placebos, since Whether eating placentas is beneficial or harmful is not proved clinically. It is actually an appalling idea that is close to self-cannibalism or half-self-cannibalism for that matter because placentas are mearly a byproduct of birth that are in part from a mother and in part from a fetus. I find it highly revolting. With regard to those two phrases, this is how I see it. I use "먹으려고 해" when I mean to say "try to eat", whereas "먹어보려고 해" is used when I want to give it a try at something. The formor shows that the action was taken with an intent or some sort of a motivation, but when I use the latter, I am not committing to anything yet, and it is possible that I might quit doing that if it doesn't work out. Incorporating placentas into the usage of these phrases, some mothers would say "먹어보려고 해" Yuck.

over my eyes? When it comes to the possibility of a marriage failing, I prefer to pull the white tulle over my eyes. I'm aware that people, not a contract, make marriage permanent, but when I walk down the aisle, I want to believe, in my heart of hearts, mine will last forever. a) What does "pull the white tulle over my eyes" mean? b) Does "walk down the aisle" always used only in "marrige" or "wedding" context? c) "in my heart of hearts" - does this mean the same with "in my hearts" ? Thank you.IS "walk down the aisle" always used only in "marrige" or "wedding" context?

a third of a percentage point/ slightly positive? In 2011, the IMF concluded the spillover of the Fed’s first round of QE onto its trading partners was significantly positive, raising their output by as much as a third of a percentage point, while the spillover of the second round was slightly positive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "a third of a percentage point" = How much is this? = or should I ask " how much percentage is this? " "slightly positive" = just above zero? percentage? Please help me. =]

When not to use "an" with "appeal"? Please help me=] (A) Analysts said Silver Spring's model could carry broader appeal from investors looking for exposure to the broad infrastructure modernization. (B) Samutsevich was later released on appeal, but her conviction was not overturned. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen "appeal" used as a noun with the article "an" ( an appeal ) in its three usages, which are legal proceedings, requests, and attractiveness. WHY does it say "appeal" without "an" in (A) and (B)??? Thank you.

Does it sound right to you? Have television executives finally figured out how to present classic literature in ways that find broad popular appeal? ------" in ways that find broad popular appeal" --Does this part sound right to you? ----- Can you tell me how you say this part differently? Thank you.

babytalk Can you tell me in which of the following situations I can't use the word "babytalk"? 1. When babies made up words that don't exist. 2. When a married couple is talking about their future baby plan.., or their baby on the way. 3. When grown ups flirt..? (not sure about this one) When do you use the word "babytalk"?

come with? out on this? I don't somehow think that magically you can come with some sort of a law one way or the other that will stop terrible things from happening. But what the law can do is it can help describe the narrative of what has happened in the past and hopefully -- but the jury's out on this -- also prevent future things from happening. 1. you can come with a law ---does it make sense? Don't you say "come up with", not "come with"? 2. "but the jury's out on this" - what does "out on something" mean? ---------------------------------------what does "this" refer to? Thank you so much.