We're only an English school

It's easy to find funny English in Korea. (In fact, I have to guard against a natural swelling of arrogance about a lot of it.) However, it needs to be said that Korean English (or Konglish) is as legitimate as anything else. Though something may seem funny to me, it's necessarily wrong.

Take the word "fanny," for example. It's really offensive in New Zealand (it refers to a woman's ... uh ... "front side"), though like "derriere" it's perfectly harmless in the U.S. It's even a name among the WWII generation (and the company Fannie Mae). Though the other's use of the word may be funny to both Americans and New Zealanders, you'd have a hard time convincing either side that their use of it is "wrong."

Having said that, this one is funny. It's from my own English school:


Notice the can of Budweiser there. No, we're not drinking during class time -- for New Year's Eve we had a party at the school after work hours, hosted by the owner.

There's a saying in Korean, and I think it works well here:

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.
Even monkeys fall from trees.