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Thanks to the scholars on Dave's I think I've gotten to the bottom of why my students think saying "A" is funny. On the show "우리결혼했어요" some guy Crown J does that to indicate he's from Atlanta. Except, he's from Los Angeles. Crown J is the guy at the end of that new Jewelry video, the one who throws down the "A" gang sign. You can scroll to about 3:00 of this video to see him throw down the "A," and can skip to about 5:45 to see him do things "LA 스타일." There's another one of him and the oldest-looking 23-year-old here (1:40). I don't care how black tough you think are, you can't act all hard n shit if you're in an upscale hair salon with a girlfriend who wants you to get a couple's cut. There are some clips out there of him speaking English, including the one I just linked and this one (which comes complete with the requisite ridiculous rendering of my native language and culture), because he lived in the US for 12 years, and like every other Korean from California, he talks like he's auditioning for a Dr. Dre video. I'm sure there are lots more examples, but honestly I would like somebody else to do the legwork because I don't think I can watch much more of that show. It features two of the most annoying Asians that I can think of right now and they deserve each other. Crown J and Suh In-young are henceforth added to the Wall-of-Shame, which already includes:


Kim Hyo-jin.


Dr. George Huang


Nute Gunray.