Currently reading “Up Country”, by Nelson DeMille… about four chapters in and, so far, so good. Part of the fourth chapter takes place in Korea, where I lived for years. (1/5) #SouthKorea #Vietnam #Thriller #amreading #fiction #booksky #📚💙 - ThreadSky

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ejtaylorbooks.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Currently reading “Up Country”, by Nelson DeMille… about four chapters in and, so far, so good. Part of the fourth chapter takes place in Korea, where I lived for years. (1/5)

#SouthKorea #Vietnam #Thriller #amreading #fiction #booksky #📚💙

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ejtaylorbooks.bsky.social•65 days ago

In the 4th chapter, he writes “everything was subtitled in English”, referring to the amount of English available in the country. It’s very true, but I have never heard or read another person refer to Korea as having subtitles! (2/5)

#SouthKorea #Vietnam #Thriller #amreading #fiction #booksky #📚💙

ejtaylorbooks.bsky.social•65 days ago

In 2013, when I moved to Daegu, the availability of English “subtitles”, a phrase I’ve used to describe the use of foreign languages in Korea for 12 years now, was one of your very first things I noticed. (3/5)

#SouthKorea #Vietnam #Thriller #amreading #fiction #booksky #📚💙

ejtaylorbooks.bsky.social•65 days ago

Here in the States, we could take a lesson from Korea in that regard—anything a person needs to know in Korea is usually available in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian, and, of course, Korean. (4/5)

#SouthKorea #Vietnam #Thriller #amreading #fiction #booksky #📚💙

ejtaylorbooks.bsky.social•65 days ago

It certainly makes navigating, etc., much easier—or even possible—for those of us whose Korean language skills are lacking!

Anyway, back to reading. Just a random thought to share lol. (5/5)

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