| gullberg Sweden. August 23 2011 01:15. Posts 1265 | Profile Blog # |
OK, so I've seen all these threads about the drink Milkis and how awesome it is etc.etc. (the person is awesome too ofc). So I figured that I'd try to acquire some Milkis, but I live in Stockholm and after some searching I discovered that there is apparently only 1 fucking korean food store in Stockholm?! WTF IS GOING ON WHY DO KOREANS HATE STOCKHOLM?
Well I went to the store and it's called "Korean Food" (Luntmakargatan if any swedes are wondering)
Went in and the first thing I saw was a mountain of shin ramyun (ramyun = ramen I guess?) and other stuff like chili paste, soy sauce, kimchi and kimbap (which is like sushi but it's not?). I asked the lady at the register about milkis and she had no idea what I was talking about.
Her Swedish was terrible, I kept saying milkis over and over while doing a drinking motion hoping she would understand. Finally she said "Ah, OK!" and disappeared for a few minutes. I thought I had succeeded and I was thinking about how awesome it would be to drink some milkis. However, when she returned she presented me a glass of milk with ice?
It took me a good minute to understand wtf was going on and then I realized. "Milk", the english word and "is", the swedish word for ice. She somehow made the connection that by milkis I meant milk and ice.
I was facepalming so fucking hard, how could someone even make that connection, why was she trying to sell me a glass of milk? I accepted defeat, bought some shin ramyun instead (pretty good) and left the store.
Came home, did more research and it turns out that some Japanese stores here have some Korean imported items. So I will go to some of those stores tomorrow and see what I can find.
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 Chill Canada. August 23 2011 01:19. Posts 25251 | Profile Blog # |
| Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand. |
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| Crais Canada. August 23 2011 01:19. Posts 2089 | Profile Blog # |
Good luck in your quest! Your story made me laugh though  |
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 GTR August 23 2011 01:24. Posts 39087 | Profile Blog # |
| it's okay i would have facepalmed too if a girl presented me with milk in ice. |
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| Taekwon United States. August 23 2011 01:26. Posts 7952 | Profile # |
| Dude Milkis is amazing, I hope you succeed. |
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| Benjef United Kingdom. August 23 2011 01:26. Posts 5543 | Profile Blog # |
On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand.
so like Milkysoop? but without the p....? |
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| Grettin August 23 2011 01:31. Posts 20454 | Profile # |
you should have showed her a picture of the bottle or something lol.
good luck, can't find Milkis here in Finland, i'm pretty sure. |
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| Thrill August 23 2011 01:32. Posts 2346 | Profile Blog # |
iPhone
Google image search 'Milkis'
Show her
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Smartphones really knit the world together a little more tightly. ^___^ |
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| Chill Canada. August 23 2011 01:39. Posts 25251 | Profile Blog # |
On August 23 2011 01:26 Benjef wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand.
so like Milkysoop? but without the p....?
No. It doesn't sound like 'milky'. It sounds like 'meelky'
Seu doesn't sound like soo. It sounds like 'soot' and rhymes with 'foot' and 'put'. If you know french, take 'le' and change it to an 's' sound -> 'se'
Meel (Rhymes with 'Feel')
Key (Normal pronounciation)
Seu (Rhymes with 'le' or the goo in good, foo in foot, pu in put, etc.)Last edit: 2011-08-23 01:43:17 |
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| gillon Sweden. August 23 2011 01:52. Posts 1420 | Profile Blog # |
| Hahahah, I'm reading this all of these pronounciation advice outloud and I sound so retarded. I can't get it right, lol. |
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| Benjef United Kingdom. August 23 2011 01:54. Posts 5543 | Profile Blog # |
On August 23 2011 01:39 Chill wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 23 2011 01:26 Benjef wrote:
On August 23 2011 01:19 Chill wrote:
Koreans pronounce Milkis as "Meel - Kee - Seu" (seu is the sound like soot). If you say it like that they will understand.
so like Milkysoop? but without the p....?
No. It doesn't sound like 'milky'. It sounds like 'meelky' Seu doesn't sound like soo. It sounds like 'soot' and rhymes with 'foot' and 'put'. If you know french, take 'le' and change it to an 's' sound -> 'se' Meel (Rhymes with 'Feel') Key (Normal pronounciation) Seu (Rhymes with 'le' or the goo in good, foo in foot, pu in put, etc.)
Ah, I would have pronounced meel like mil for some reason.... My bad. I take it you know some Korean then? Or Milkis went really indepth in how to pronounce his name. |
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| kOre Canada. August 23 2011 02:01. Posts 3617 | Profile Blog # |
| Easiest way would be to print out a picture and take it with you and be like "Do you have this?" but hilarious story ... milk and ice ahaha |
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 Smix  United States. August 23 2011 02:06. Posts 4483 | Profile Blog # |
milk ice roflrofl
i agree with other people suggesting you just show them a picture next time!!! hwaeeting on your quest!! |
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| Azzur Australia. August 23 2011 02:24. Posts 5840 | Profile Blog # |
ROFL!!!
I had to google milkis to find out what it is |
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| HwangjaeTerran Finland. August 23 2011 02:59. Posts 4964 | Profile Blog # |
Idiot, next time take Chill with you
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| gullberg Sweden. August 23 2011 04:02. Posts 1265 | Profile Blog # |
| Well you guys are obviously 10x better at this than me. I'll use a picture lol. Last edit: 2011-08-23 04:03:31 |
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| ptbl United States. August 23 2011 04:24. Posts 2178 | Profile # |
| The lady must be really nice. She went the extra mile and got you milk with ice. Who would do that in this day and age . |
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| 3FFA United States. August 23 2011 04:26. Posts 2651 | Profile Blog # |
MEEL(FEEL WITH M)
KEY
SOO(Soon without N)
Thats how you pronounce it boy.  |
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| Weson Iceland. August 23 2011 04:35. Posts 1027 | Profile Blog # |
On August 23 2011 04:24 ptbl wrote:The lady must be really nice. She went the extra mile and got you milk with ice. Who would do that in this day and age .
I was thinking the same thing. If i were you i would buy flowers and ask the lady out on a date. |
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