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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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 Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: According to the Wall Street Journal, 11 October 2007... |
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"Starting on Monday, web surfers will be able to test internet addresses in 11 languages that don't use the Roman alphabet--the 26 letters used in English and most other European languages".
According to the list published, this includes Korean, simplied and traditional Chinese, Japanese Arabic, Persian, Tamil, Greek, Hindi, Russian and Yiddish (yes, Yiddish).
Heard about it? |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't understand. My students have been able to type in Naver.com or daum.net in Korean without missing a beat for. Or do they mean the addresses will be offered only in Korean? |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Alyallen wrote: |
| I don't understand. My students have been able to type in Naver.com or daum.net in Korean without missing a beat for. Or do they mean the addresses will be offered only in Korean? |
They haven't been able to type urls in Korean though, which I believe is the point. |
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Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, that's the point. Even the part after the . will now be able to be in non-Roman type.
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| Russians, for example, will be able to type web addresses entirely in the cyrillic characters used in the Russian language--instead of having to revert to English for the last part. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| I don't understand. My students have been able to type in Naver.com or daum.net in Korean without missing a beat for. Or do they mean the addresses will be offered only in Korean? |
They haven't been able to type urls in Korean though, which I believe is the point. |
Maybe I'm just dense but I don't get it. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Alyallen wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| I don't understand. My students have been able to type in Naver.com or daum.net in Korean without missing a beat for. Or do they mean the addresses will be offered only in Korean? |
They haven't been able to type urls in Korean though, which I believe is the point. |
Maybe I'm just dense but I don't get it. |
Do you see that part of the screen where you type www.blahblahblah.com or whatever? That is a url, and up til now, they've all been in English. Apparently that is changing.
Edit: Here is another example. Have you ever seen a web address like this: www.샠씨썬다.com? |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| Alyallen wrote: |
| I don't understand. My students have been able to type in Naver.com or daum.net in Korean without missing a beat for. Or do they mean the addresses will be offered only in Korean? |
They haven't been able to type urls in Korean though, which I believe is the point. |
Maybe I'm just dense but I don't get it. |
Do you see that part of the screen where you type www.blahblahblah.com or whatever? That is a url, and up til now, they've all been in English. Apparently that is changing.
Edit: Here is another example. Have you ever seen a web address like this: www.샠씨선다.com? |
I guess my confusion is that my students will type in naver.com but in Korean and it opens to that site...But I guess that's different than what you're talking about?
Thanks for explaining it. I just get stuck on certain things.... |
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