alcohol
I happened to talk about alcohol with these two people who I met yesterday.
The funny thing is, all the three of us don't like to drink.
The reason we don't was the same, that our body is not able to accept alcohol; Our skin color turns red very quickly and we don't like the scent and the taste of So-Ju (SoJu is a popular Korean alcohol which looks like Vodka)
However we seem open to some sweet wines or some kinds of beer.
Maybe it's not the alcohol itself, it's about the culture over the drink (?)
(is this expression ok? I wanted to say the atmosphere. There are many cases like, seniors give a glass to somebody who is younger and the person should drink it at once right away.)
We, three of us, had the same experience that we HAD to drink Soju a lot.
I recommended them Port wine and Moscato wines.
Because these are all sweet wines and might be helpful to them changing their impression to alcohol.
But they already knew about Moscato. One of them said Moscato d'Asti was the famous wine among Korean women.
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alcohol
I happened to talk about alcohol with these two people who I met yesterday.
The funny thing is, all the three of us don't like to drink.
The reason we don't was is the same, that our bodies are not able to accept alcohol; Our skin color turns red very quickly and we don't like the scent and the taste of So-Ju (SoJu is a popular Korean alcohol which looks like Vodka)
However we seem open to some sweet wines or some kinds of beer.
Maybe it's not the alcohol itself, it's about the culture over the drink (?)
(is this expression ok? I wanted to say the atmosphere. There are many cases like, seniors give a glass to somebody who is younger and the person should drink it at once right away.)
We, three of us, had the same experience that we HAD to drink Soju a lot.
I recommended them Port wine and Moscato wines.
Because these are all sweet wines and might be helpful to them changing their impression to alcohol.
But they already knew about Moscato. One of them said Moscato d'Asti was the famous wine among Korean women.
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thanks Jerome. I will try to memorize those words and use them next time ^-^
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Culture of the drink question. Maybe word choice would be like "ambiance, vibe, or scene, mood." It is maybe not the alcohol itself, but the ambiance and vibe that is associated with drinking that draws people to alcohol.
There are many cases like, seniors give a glass to somebody who is younger and the person should drink it at once right away. This could be called "a rite of passage, ritual, tradition, initiation, or ceremony" are some word choices that can be used for this occurrence.
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