# Korean translation, please (or it's possible that this is just Korean-sounding gibberish)

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**Created:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697 "2025-08-04T18:14:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697/1 "2025-08-04T18:14:21Z")

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This comedian (a Filipino American) does a bit about Asian accents. He thinks the Korean accent sounds like someone just smoked weed. Is he saying anything, or is it just Korean-sounding gibberish?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/673PjkcBG00/maxresdefault.jpg ""How to Tell Asians Apart - ONLY by their Accents!" | Jo Koy : Comin' in Hot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=673PjkcBG00&t=43)

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697/2 "2025-08-05T22:42:38Z")

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Korean-sounding gibberish. The very last thing he said sounded close to bulgogi (a type of meat), but he’s just making sounds–not words.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-translation-please-or-its-possible-that-this-is-just-korean-sounding-gibberish/1021697/3 "2025-08-06T01:53:46Z")

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I do not truly remember the Korean I learned in the military. I still can pronounce hangul if I see it, it;s mostly phonetic. And the lift up at the end of a sentence, where the verb is, ususally has a “dah” sound at the end of it,