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[vr_trakowski]

Okay, according to last season IIRC, Grissom speaks Korean, at least some.  He speaks bad Spanish, we've seen that, but he could have just picked that up at many points in his life.  Korean is a little bit more esoteric for a white boy born in the Fifties. 

I want to know where he learned it, and why.  I can see him doing it for the heck of it--the man collects knowledge as a spinal reflex--but still, it doesn't seem to me to be something one would do accidentally.  Did he have a correspondence with a Korean entomologist?  Had a Korean girlfriend?  Just liked the sound of it? 

*watches plotbunny approach*

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[cincoflex.livejournal.com]

He tutored a Korean Stripper named Kim Chee in exchange for silkworms---

[bunchofgrapes]

As I recall, all he said (and I could be wrong) was "Komapsumnida" or thank you. He could have picked that up from watching M*A*S*H. I have to say that what teeny, tiny Korean I know, I picked up from guys I worked with who had spent time stationed at either Osan or Kunsan...and from watching M*A*S*H.

Then again, maybe he picked it up from Brass. Supposedly, he spent time in SE Asia, although I don't think it was Korea.

[dreams-of-him.livejournal.com]

Grissom was in L.A. for a long time...there is a large Korean population there. It's possible he lived near a Korean restaurant or store and was friendly with the proprietors, or there could have been Korean techs in the L.A. coroner's office. Could be he picked it up there while he was interning during high school.

What would be incredibly amusing would be if he picked it up while he was in Minnesota.

[tres_mechante.livejournal.com]

*watches plotbunny approach*

The question is: are you planning to catch it, or are you taking evasive maneuvers...?

I think he learned it in Las Vegas...just after he moved there, he was exploring a public garden area and was captivated by some sort of bug that's not usually indiginous tot he area. He's startled by a voice that expresses the wonder he was feeling at the discovery. An older Korean woman is there. She tells him there is a legend about the insect they are admiring...she gives part in Korean (the names) and gives a translation and meanings, saying English is sometimes limited in its descriptiveness. Grissom agrees and they talk, going for tea...she's a retired entomologist who has been writing children's stories to help children of Korean heritage keep in touch with their culture. Over the course of time a friendship develops and Grissom finds himself learning the language...

What?! Just a thought/theory...

OH CRAP! I have to be at the bus in 4 minutes and I'm not even dressed!!

::turns into large white rabbit with pocket watch, yelling I'm Late!::

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

*snerrrk* And more interested in the silk than her silks?

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

He could have, yeah--the two of them swapping odd words over a drink some night. Grissom doesn't strike me as the M*A*S*H type, though. An older comedy, perhaps.

Brass was in Asia? I missed that bit.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, Minnesota crossed my mind too. He does seem like the sort who would try to learn it from his co-workers out of sheer interest.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Okay, YOU should write that one! :D As soon as you get out of the rabbit suit, that is. *grin*

I have an idea, but I'm not sure it'll fit. I think I need to do research.

[bunchofgrapes]

Brass was in Asia? I missed that bit.

In the S6 episode, "Room Service", Brass is talking to the manager of the laundry and asks him if he speaks Lao. The manager says he pulled a stint in SE Asia right out of high school and Brass said he knew how he felt. That makes me believe he was in either Vietnam or maybe Cambodia as a Marine. There was supposed to have been a more definitive reference to his military time as well as his rank in “Happenstance” but it got cut.

Okay, so no M*A*S*H for Grissom. Maybe his dad served in Korea? Not nearly as entertaining as a Korean stripper name Kim Chee (wonder if she'd have a nasty body odor) but possible.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'd forgotten that. Heh, that was the guy who had a role on The Pretender, it was odd to see him being so sane...

Cinco and I were wondering tonight if Brass juggles. What do you think?

[bunchofgrapes]

Yeah, I remember that guy from The Pretender too. Angelo, I think his name was.

You mean juggling something other than life? I once shared an office with a guy who could juggle. He said he picked it up in the service because it was something to do while he was bored. I guess I could see Brass learning in similar circumstances.

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

Well, we figure he'd be good at sleight-of-hand, he just seems the type...and juggling is sort of related. Come to think of it, Cinco had him juggling in ER, but I forgot.

You watched The Pretender? What did you think of it? I can't get over Terri Miller because of that show...

[bunchofgrapes]

You watched The Pretender? What did you think of it?

Yes, I was a regular viewer for about the first three seasons. I tuned in because I always liked Patrick Bauchau (Sydney) and got hooked. I can't remember why I stopped watching.

I can't get over Terri Miller because of that show...

Wow, I never made the connection between her character and Teri Miller but now that you mention it...

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

I saw eps out of order in reruns, and found myself intrigued by the two main characters (and eventually entranced by Sydney, yum), but eventually it just got too silly and endless for me. Never any resolution.

Oh, that voice. Can't resist a high-toned accent.