Todays Konglish word is 핸드폰.
This is the Konglish word for cell phone.
핸드=Hand
폰=phone
These are not translations. These are just English words used in Korean.
Pronunciation: Hand-duh-pon
(pronounce the pon with the same vowel sound as bone)
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It seems like almost everyone has a cell phone in Korea.The majority of my elementary students had one. Some of them were as young as 7 years old.
Korean cell phones use CMDA.
There are only 3 cell phone providers in Korea:
- KT (Korea Telecom)
- SKT (SK Telecom)
- LG U+
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