아이스크림

aiseukeurim · TOPIK 1

ice cream

🍦 English loanword: a-i-seu-keu-rim = ice cream, said in Korean syllables

Korean borrowed the English word directly. Since Korean syllables cannot stack consonants, a filler vowel eu is slotted in: s becomes seu, k becomes keu. Say ice cream slowly with those extra vowels and you have it.

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