One boy was sitting in front of me.
I asked him, "What does Choi Hong-man look like?"
This is Choi Hong-man.
He is a giant Korean MMA fighter (He's like 7'1".)
Now, we had given them the questions a week ago so that they would have time to prepare. And, I was planning to follow up the given question with an unknown question to really test their unprepared ability. The follow-up question was this, "Do you want to meet Choi Hong-man? Why do you want to or not want to meet him?"
So, back to the boy. I asked him, "What does Choi Hong-man look like?"
The Boy: "Yes, Kimchi."
Me: "뭐야 (What the...)!!
And, now for something not completely different. Choi Hong-man vs. Jose Canseco. Yes, THAT Jose Canseco...
One more time...뭐야!
And, one more thing...if you meet a Korean person who has Choi for a family name, the name is pronounced "Chae". It does not rhyme with Troy like the announcer did in the video. It was a terrible Romanization that someone did a long time ago. So, if you want to impress your Korean friends, say "Chae" instead of trying to pronounce it the way it looks like in "Choi".
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