#cha eugene

Park Moondae at Seon Ahyeon: Why is he tagging along? This guy must be looking down on me.

Seon Ahyeon: He's the only one who didn't judge me for my stutter problem and treated me normally. I love this man and will follow him to the ends of the earth

PM at Lee Sejin: This guy is definitely mocking me that's why he's always around. He's also manipulating us to get his way. I'll try sabotaging him.

Lee Sejin: Lol this guy is hilarious to be with, a great tactician, and also freaking smart. I'll definitely make him my friend.

PM at Kim Raebin: This guy just picked me to be a pawn to his chess. He's definitely gonna sacrifice me.

Kim Raebin: Oh my gosh I can't believe it I'm actually teamed up with PM! He saved me from the criticism and gave me ideas for my song rearrangement. He's the ace in my team and I want to be by his side!

PM at Bae Sejin: This guy is always stiff around me. I bet he hates me.

Bae Sejin: I am a fan of his singing so much that I can't tell him in words. He deserves to win at everything.

PM at Cha Eugene: His fans hate me and we're being pitted against each other. He must think I'm ugly and a shitty dancer.

debut or die plus text posts because i'm insane now apparently

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The possible reason for this misconception has two layers.

Non-native language users' speech patterns/utterances (short & choppy or word-chunk-like utterances; "Mom food love", "you no college", "Rocky new to ball") resemble first-stage speech patterns, occurring at a very early age, in infancy.

People generally associate language proficiency with their cognitive ability. Language is a powerful medium, which is used permanently once acquired & with much repetition, that can directly convey one's thoughts. Aligning with the said notion, people show great appreciation & respect to the people who have a way with words.

Misinterpretation occurs when putting these two together:

An adult non-native person's cognitive ability is equal to their current (non-1st) language level.

This misconception is prevalently & frequently consumed as jokes on sitcoms, especially as a hallmark joke for non-native characters.

(Character having an exaggerated accent with wonky pronunciation & wrong intonation. Mistook similar words or a certain word in phrases, and it happens all the time. The other character tries to rectify his phrase "No, it's~ not ~, (character's name). (*THAT DREADED LAUGH TRACK ENSUES*) At this point, you can probably hear the recorded laugh tracks any time that character utters a single word with their distinctive speech repertoire.)

Few examples:

Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (from "Modern Family") once shouted out with genuine frustration about being laughed at by others for her English.

Cha Eugene (from "Debut or Die" ("데뷔 못하면 죽는 병 걸림")), also a multilingual character (whose first language is English) and became an idol in Korea.

At first, the main character (MC) from the same group misconstrues Eugene as juvenile (not only that, BUT also his peppy, energetic personality & being the youngest member of the team heightened this notion). However, as they know each other more, MC realizes that Eugene is a very considerate & much more mature person, and he was blinded by the language. There are moments of this realization depicted in the novel, here and there.