아픈 목 이다

[dedalusj]

So, I'm on a self-imposed liquid diet.  For two days now I have had a sore throat.  Actually, sore throat is not quite correct, uncomfortable throat is more accurate.  It feels constricted, like a ball is plugging it .  Since it only hurts when I swallow, and swallowing in a minor part of my life, it has not been a problem.  I went to the health

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[dedalusj]

Sigh, that must have been part of the problem then. It seems my spelling in Korean is as awful as it is in English.

[dedalusj]

Since it has been a long time since I was able to sleep more than 5 hours *shakes fist* I do not remember many dreams. I used to dream in German a lot. They say that if you dream in a language you are fluent in it but what if you do not understand what anybody is saying, as was the case when I dreamt in German. I dream in Korean sometimes, but it is the opposite of my German dreams; in my 'Korean' dreams I am in the States with my family and nobody understands what I am saying. I remember one where I gave my grandfather's eulogy in Korean to a bunch of jingoistic, hick farmers (my grandfather lived his whole life in Bridger Montana; try to find it on a map.) So my dream Korean is the same as my aware Korean: nobody gets it. But the audiences are different.

[dedalusj]

Yeah it's definitely working its way in but burrowing might be a better word for it. I found myself saying, "I am expecting your homework" (a literal translation of 숙제를 기대하다)to a student the other day. When I realized what I had said I cried a little. I am reading a Korean novel, I can understand a lot of commercials, if there are Korean subtiles I can understand what is happening on TV. I am so close to understanding TV without subtitles (my ultimate goal) I can feel it. But my listening is still awful. I can usually get the gist but the details elude me.

[jewelsdelphina]

Your sore throat might be the result of having eaten something too hot and perhaps you burned the back of it without realizing it. I've done it before and thought I was going to get sick, yet I didn't get sick. I then realized 'oh, I remember now, that piece of meat I ate directly out of the frying pan to see if it was done, was too hot'.

[dedalusj]

I cannot remember eating anything hot though. I am a big fan of luke-warm food and never eat anything hot temperature-wise. When it comes to spicy, well, I live in Korea; the options are hot and hotter. Koreans are very proud of how spicy the food is and ALWAYS ask me, 너무 맵잖아요? (no-mu maeb-jahn-ah-yo?) Which means "isn't it too spicy?" They are also under the mistaken impression that it is SO spicy only Koreans can really enjoy it.

The biggest reason why I think it is probably not a burn, though, is that it is getting worse. I am actually getting quite concerned. Also tell Gen hello for me. I miss her. I listened to Dar Williams the other day and I want to thank her again for introducing me to her.

[samedi]

No other signs of illness apart from the sore throat? It sounds quite severe; I hope it'll get better for you soon!

I've had dreams in French before and have also had a few occasions where I've talked to myself in French. It's always a little odd when I realize what's happened. Maybe your mind's use of 비섯 was deliberate as it's one of the (few?) words you can say without pain?

[dedalusj]

See, that is the strange part, outside of the dream, it does not hurt to speak at all, (lucky, or unlucky, depending on your perspective, given what I do. It only hurts when I try and swallow.