How do you say goodbye in Korean???

Growing up near Los Angeles I got to know a handful of Korean kids. From all the hours spent playing with 2 who lived on my street I picked up a few words here and there. One of my friend's mom gave me a Korean name; Ho-dung-yee, which I think means tiger. I'm not sure if that's how its pronounced, but after learning to greet their parents/grandparents (unyung-ha-sae-oh) and bow when of their dad came home, I began to wonder why I never learned to say goodbye in Korean.

A few years later I asked a kid sitting next to me in Algebra how to say goodbye. He paused for a few seconds (he was only in 2nd grade at Korean school after all) then he said, "you just hang up." That's when it dawned on me as to why I never liked my neighbor's grandma. She always just hung up the phone when I called to see if Hyuntee could come out and play. She never said goodbye and I just assumed she hated me for some cultural faux pas. Little did I know that Koreans don't really say goodbye...you just hang up.

Thanks to all my Korean friends who let me eat until I was full whenever their parents were bbq'ing Kalbi. Those were some of the most delicious cuts of bbq I've ever had. And a big no-thanks to halmeoni for shoving her arms in my face right after she was elbow deep into an aged batch kimchi. I now have a permanent aversion to the stuff.

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