Korea- Too boring

[Josquius]

To me, perhaps you're the one with the stupid accent.

Oh, crap. Totally forgot about. A lot of these places do phone or skype interviews.

You'll never pass if your southern accent is too strong. 

I managed.
I know a Glaswegian even who got through the Jet application process and Jet is probably the best.

[Ideologue]

The whole point for an Asian to learn English is to be perceived as an intelligent citizens of the world and worthy memebrs of the elite.  It's hard to do that when the Southern accent is universally associated with gross idiocy.

I can neutralize it with some effort, although they did let Tim in, and honestly I don't know why anyone would want to sound like someone from Massachusetts.

[Lettow77]

 Southern accent being an obstacle to the JET program is something I hadn't considered.

I bet i'll do fine, though. I grew up in the big city.

[Caliga]

I can neutralize it with some effort, although they did let Tim in, and honestly I don't know why anyone would want to sound like someone from Massachusetts.

Tim doesn't have that heavy of a New England accent.  You can tell he's from up there, but it's not immediately obvious when he first says something.

[Razgovory]

Nobody can place my accent.  Even people who live here, think I've from some place different.  It's weird.

[CountDeMoney]

That would so crack me up if I ran into Korean a couple years down the road that spoke English like Gomer Pyle.

I so want to teach a generation of Japanese businessmen to speak English with a Dundalk accent.

[CountDeMoney]

Nobody can place my accent.  Even people who live here, think I've from some place different.  It's weird.

I worked very hard growing up to make sure nobody can tell where I hail from;  when I tell people I'm from Baltimore, they think I'm a transplant, because I pronounce it "Baltimore", not "Bawlmer, hon."

[Caliga]

Yeah, you don't have a local accent.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, you don't have a local accent.

And I mean to keep it that way.
People actually think I'm from closer to New York, but that might be because of all the profanity.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Just misdemeanors!

China doesn't give a fuck.
One of my coworkers got busted for pot possession in NY a year or so before going to teach in China.
Just don't mention Tibet. 

[Ideologue]

Just misdemeanors!

China doesn't give a fuck.
One of my coworkers got busted for pot possession in NY a year or so before going to teach in China.
Just don't mention Tibet. 

I don't think the mainland is for me, in that I'm 99% sure I'd be dead before the end of my contract.  At the very least, I'd need a new handle here to disassociate myself from my numerous statements against the PRC.  Mono would probably sell me out for a new pair of shoes though.

[jimmy olsen]

Also, I now have a Korean girlfriend.

Awesome!
Did you just meet her after getting back from vacation, or did you know her from before?

After, signed up on korean cupid after I got back. Went on one date so far, have scheduled another. Maybe a little premature to call her my girlfriend, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to stir the pot here.

Nice.
Good luck, and keep us/me updated.

Currently going down in flames.
Apparently 1-1.5 hours of talking a day on days we don't meet is not enough for her.

Also, she thinks I'm cold and curt.

[Eddie Teach]

Sounds suffocating. You're probably better off.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Come to Georgia instead. Between presidential elections in Russia, (newly-important) parliamentary elections here, and double-dipping Euro economic contagion, this year will be exciting.

[Admiral Yi]

Dude, you live in Georgia?  Has this ever come up before?