Well, we are actually not “late” this week, but had our first content-related difficulty!

We made a recording dealing with the “mad cow disease” and American beef issue, but the conversation got too “excited” and verrrrrry long. The problem is that it became nearly impossible to edit, since we were all talking over one another, so…we have to do it over. Hehe.

Since our schedules only allow us to meet once a week, we couldn’t re-record and have our transcriber prepare everything on time. So we’re a bit behind with this episode. But prepare yourselves! The conversation on 광우병 IS coming, as well as other good things. We just made a decision between keeping to the schedule, or keeping our quality up. We decided to go with quality.

So we’d rather have a delayed episode than a bad one. Please understand!

This Saturday, May 3rd, there will be a real-life get-together for Bomb English members and listeners. This is your chance to meet and hang out with Michael and Jennifer along with other Bomb English users and English-speakers. Come and enjoy the craziness^^ We may even have an impromptu recording session!

[UPDATE ] The meeting will be at the big 신촌 민들래 영토 at 4 pm. Feel free to bring a friend! If you have a second please, let us know by leaving us a comment or an email to help us figure out how many people are coming.

[UPDATE 2] We’d like to thank everybody who came out to meet us today! We had a great time, and really loved getting to talk to you and exchange ideas for the show.

Monday’s’s episode is running a little late this week! Sorry about that.

We should have the new episode up tomorrow (Wednesday)! Thanks for your patience!

Bomb English’s episode is running a little late today! Sorry about that.

The fashion show this week has kept us really busy, but we’re going to have another episode — on Korean Fashion — ready for you tomorrow! It’ll be really interesting — we promise!

폭탄영어 would be nothing without its transcripts.

Which means we would be nothing without our faithful and accurate transcriber — Eun-gyuhl! So we decided to give her a little introduction here, and talk a little bit about the process of making the transcript.

We record the show each week on a Thursday, the only day the hosts can generally all meet together. I then try to edit the podcast by Friday, but usually end up finishing it on Saturday (or even Sunday - sorry, Eun-Gyuhl!)

Then, I upload the finished MP3 file to a special folder, which Eun-gyuhl then uses to make her transcript. Her accuracy is amazing! I generally only have to correct the spelling of an occasional strange word, or some unfamiliar name — her accuracy is the highest I’ve seen!

Where did I find this gem? Well, Eun-gyuhl is my ex-student from when I taught US History at her high school, the Hanguk Academy of Foreign Studies (한국외국어대학교부속외국어고등학교). She is one of the sharpest and most hardworking students I have ever met. She just graduated and is now waiting for her college acceptance (입학) letters, which in the American system, come in May. She is hoping to go to the University of Pennsylvania or Dartmouth – let’s wish her luck!

Eun-gyuhl only requests that you “실수 이쁘게 봐주세요.” ㅋㅋㅋ Of course!

Say hi to Eun-gyuhl on her Cyworld page: www.cyworld.com/rosiebae

iPod갖고 계시면 무료 podcast의 기능을 안사용하고 계시면 너무…음…바보…

아니아니. ㅋㅋㅋ 사실 아직은 iTunes Store 한국에 아직 안들어왔으니까 어쩔 수 없이 많은 사람들이 그 기능을 무시하고 있죠. 미국 신용카드없이 애플통해서 뭐를 살 수 없기 때문이죠. 근데 그 store안에서 뮤료 podcast 옵션이 있어요. 그래서 iTunes store에 들어가서 무슨 “니 나라는 아직은 iTunes Music Store가 안생겼다. 메롱!”같은 경고 나오고 그래도 계속 들어가면 “USA”를 선택하세요. 그 다음에 밑에 MNCast에서 찾았던 비디오 좀 보시죠!

우리 podcast를 꼬오오오옥 가입하시죠! iTunes 위에 검색하거나 우리 사이트에 그 iPod를 듣고 있는 소녀에 클릭하면 되거든요. 이젠 기쁘죠?

You should register with our site. Really!

Why? Because if you register, you’re in our system. When we release a new episode, or have a big announcement, then you will automatically receive an email. We only usually only send out one episode announcement a week. And remember – it’s us! Not some stranger. This isn’t spam, so don’t worry.

Also, if you’re registered, it’s easier to comment. Once you’re logged in, you don’t have to type your name and email address for each comment. How convenient, right?

So register, wait for the email, then follow the link in it. The first time you login, you must use the password in the email, but then you can change it to whatever you want.

And that’s it! You’re now a member of Bomb English!

Now, YOU’RE da bomb!

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Howdy!

It’s always a good idea to get to know about someone before you buy into their crazy schemes, right? So let me give you the nickel tour of my life . . .

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폭탄영어 offers the best way to practice English conversation and “feel” real English. But you may wonder – why? How should I use this show and its materials? Here’s what we suggest:

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If you are going to spend a lot of time with someone, it’s a good idea to get to know them, right? So, I thought I should start off by introducing myself, what I do, and what some of my interests are. I hope this will make you feel more comfortable listening to our show, and also that it will help build trust in our little community. So, here’s my curriculum vitae and self-introduction!

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우리  독자들한테 물어보고 싶었는데: 설명할 때 한국말로 할까요? 영어로할까요? 한국말로 하면은 도움이 되는 건가요? 차이 많이 나요?당신의 의견을 코멘트로 좀써주세요!

We wanted to ask our readers: do you prefer us some Korean when explaining some expressions, or only English? How helpful is using Korean to explain things? Please write your opinion as a comment!