Author Topic: Konglish Jokes (Non-sense Jokes) (Read 35915 times)

leo fuchigami · « **on:** May 16, 2011, 12:31:04 PM »

*****Update*****

I made a YouTube video with some of these jokes.

Konglish Jokes: Part 1

Konglish Jokes: Part 2

You may be able to show this video to your class, but it goes by pretty quickly and I use some advanced English.

*****Update*****

I've been opening all of my classes with a Konglish joke for the past few weeks and my students love it. Usually you have to give them a few hints before someone gets it, but they all giggle afterwards and demand more (I limit it to one per class). It's a great way to start the class on a good note.

Here is a list of the Konglish jokes I have used or intend to use:

What do you call a 5 year old onion?
o-nyeon
오년
Korean meaning = 5 years

What do you call a motorcycle that you can't ride?
Mot-tah-sa-i-k'eul
못타사이클
Korean meaning = can't-ride-bike

What did the bus driver say to the egg?
Kye-ran
계란
Korean meaning = egg
Sounds like "get on"

What do you call a big tissue?
Hyu-chi
휴지
Korean meaning = tissue
Sounds like Konglish pronunciation of "huge"

What is a vampire's favorite drink?
K'o-p'i
코피
Korean meaning = coffee or nose bleed

What did the fish say when it lost its bones?
Oh my ka si
Oh my 가시
Korean meaning = Oh my "spine"

Which country has 4 arms?
Ne-pal
네팔
Korean meaning = 4 arms

What do you call a cute guy with no ears?
kwi-op-da
귀없다
Korean meaning = Cute or no ears

Which country do cows go to?
U-kanta
우간다
Korean meaning = cows go
Sounds like Uganda

What number likes the sea?
sip
싶
Korean meaning = number 10
Sounds like "ship"

What food do you get when you mix a cow, a bird and a mouse?
So-sae-chwi
소새쥐
Korean meaning = cow-bird-mouse
Sounds like sausage

What did the bread say when it ran into the wall?
ppang
빵
Korean meaning = bread
Sounds like "bang"

What is a grandfather's favorite type of money?
Hal-mo-ni
할머니
Korean meaning = grandma

Non-Konglish Jokes

Why do gorillas have huge nostrils?
Because they have huge fingers!

Why is the number 6 afraid?
Because 7 ate 9 (7 8 9)

How many letters are in the alphabet?
11
"the alphabet" is written with 11 letters

If you guys know of any others, please let me know!

*My apologies if there are any mistakes in the Korean. My Korean is only at a beginner/intermediate level.

Browncoat Japhy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2011, 12:38:16 PM »

This isn't nearly as good, but I have definitely made a bunch of student's giggle with it. I had to teach some of my students what a pun was and they weren't understanding any of the English ones so I made up this one. I drew a loaf of bread on the board, and then drew a face on it and a microphone under it. Then I wrote in korean 노래빵 (Norae Bbang hopefully I spelled it correctly this time) But it means singing bread, but it of course sounds like singing room. Not sure if that's what you had in mind, but you are more than welcome to use it.

cataclysm · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2011, 12:42:27 PM »

Yes! These are good jokes!
That would be good for Korean teachers who teaches English like me.
I really enjoyed this. thank U a lot.

minamteacher · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2011, 12:46:28 PM »

There was a great thread about konglish jokes posted here which you guys might enjoy. http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,6936.0.html

Also, mind typing out the Korean for these jokes along with the English phonetics?

leo fuchigami · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2011, 04:29:29 PM »

thanks for the link. i updated the list with some of the jokes from that thread. i didn't include the one's that weren't Konglish (the answer wasn't an English word).

Adding Korean translations now.

minamteacher · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2011, 06:18:02 PM »

These jokes were great! Also, Chad Cornwell, I used your 노래빵 joke for my open class. It worked like a charm!

leo fuchigami · « **Reply #6 on:** June 04, 2011, 02:03:40 PM »

updated with a video in original post.

matthews_world · « **Reply #7 on:** June 04, 2011, 02:22:38 PM »

You forgot an obvious one:

Where did the Thai guy with no money spend his holiday?

"방곡!" (Hangul spelling might be a little off) Sounds like Bangkok and means to remain inside one's home.

chrisinkorea2011 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 04, 2011, 03:28:48 PM »

a lot of these make no sense, and if you try showing these spellings to koreans, im sure they will question your intellect.

leo fuchigami · « **Reply #9 on:** June 04, 2011, 05:01:19 PM »

Quote from: chrisinkorea2011 on June 04, 2011, 03:28:48 PM

a lot of these make no sense, and if you try showing these spellings to koreans, im sure they will question your intellect.

The other comments seem to prove otherwise. It's fine bud. Not everyone has the same sense of humor. Some of us enjoy cheesy jokes like this. To each his own.

With regard to my spelling, if you're referring to the romanization, then that's because I pretty much learned Korean by socializing with the friends I've made here over the last several months and never really learned from classes or books. My speaking is considerably better than my writing.
If you're referring to the Korean itself, I used a Naver.

Since this topic is important enough for you to comment on, why don't you try contributing and help me write the correct romanization?

caesar9171 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 06, 2011, 12:12:56 AM »

Where does kimbap go when it dies?

김밥천국

acojsx · « **Reply #11 on:** June 06, 2011, 03:52:40 AM »

Agree'ing with op, lighten up have some fun.

If u can do better, than Op please post own ur own vid or add correct spellings etc.

Op could u type out and explain what you said when u were giving out examples of students reactions when u done the punching motion? I understood all of the other ones except the last 1 ( u were too quick) hahah

MattHammond · « **Reply #12 on:** June 06, 2011, 09:05:37 AM »

Here's another one.

Jyang486 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 06, 2011, 12:51:18 PM »

A joke that my friend and I came up with:

Why did the cigarette go to the race track?

말보로.

hanndan · « **Reply #14 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:17:31 PM »

Thanks these look great will try a couple in class tomorrow. :)

Funkfactory · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2011, 05:39:08 PM »

What to you call the worlds largest bean?

King Kong (can't type korean on my computer, but kong is bean in Korean. They've all seen the movie)

ammago · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:07:15 PM »

재미있어요~ Do you know any hanglish(?) jokes Koreans make using English that sounds like Korean?

AnthonyTeacher · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:05:36 AM »

These are all pretty funny. My coteacher loves when I tell her these jokes.

Here's my favorite:

Q: What high school do penguins go to?
A: 냉장고 (Refrigerator and sounds like the shortened form of a high school name)

ateclipse · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:26:27 AM »

Where do lettuce go to pray?

Sang-chu-ary (sounds like sanctuary, sang chu is lettuce in Korean)

Will Smith and I go to a Korean restaurant together and I order bibimbap and Will Smith only orders some rice. I asked him, "Hey Will, is that all you're getting?"

He replied, "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, I'm getting jiggae with it!"

Korean = Soup
Will Smith = jiggy

bodonnel88 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:02:36 AM »

haha! Many of these are great. Thanks for the entertaining posts! I, unfortunately, am not clever enough to come up with any Konglish jokes of my own.

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