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tfunk

Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:05 pm Post subject: What does 'Daum' and 'Naver' mean?

Do the words 'Daum' and 'Naver' mean something in Korean? I'm trying to choose a domain name for a Korean audience and I'm wondering how they choose a domain name.

agoodmouse

Joined: 20 Dec 2007
Location: Anyang

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject:

Daum means 'next', while naver means 'neighbor'.

tfunk

Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject:

agoodmouse wrote:

Daum means 'next', while naver means 'neighbor'.

Thanks for that.

Is there an official/recognized way to Anglicize Korean words? Could I choose a Korean word from a Korean-English dictionary and convert it into an English spelling that would be recognizable by a Korean speaker and be spellable by them?

I'd like to avoid ambiguity, so at a guess I'd say the K, G, R and L sounds should be avoided.

e.g. Kimbap can be spelled Gimbap, KimBop, GimBop etc.

Demophobe

Joined: 17 May 2004

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject:

tfunk wrote:

Is there an official/recognized way to Anglicize Korean words? Could I choose a Korean word from a Korean-English dictionary and convert it into an English spelling that would be recognizable by a Korean speaker and be spellable by them?

I'd like to avoid ambiguity, so at a guess I'd say the K, G, R and L sounds should be avoided.

e.g. Kimbap can be spelled Gimbap, KimBop, GimBop etc.

Isn't a systemic method of Anglicization an oxymoron? Maybe you are thinking of Romanization?
Anyways, your question is unanswerable. Too many variables.

tfunk

Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:22 am Post subject:

Demophobe wrote:

tfunk wrote:

Isn't a systemic method of Anglicization an oxymoron? Maybe you are thinking of Romanization?
Anyways, your question is unanswerable. Too many variables.

Yes, I meant Romanization. When a Korean person has a Korean word in their head, how do they go about writing it in alphabetic characters? Is there a convention?

Demophobe

Joined: 17 May 2004

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:40 am Post subject:

tfunk wrote:

Yes, I meant Romanization. When a Korean person has a Korean word in their head, how do they go about writing it in alphabetic characters? Is there a convention?

Wikipedia says there is.

blackjack

Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:53 am Post subject:

tfunk wrote:

Demophobe wrote:

tfunk wrote:

Isn't a systemic method of Anglicization an oxymoron? Maybe you are thinking of Romanization?
Anyways, your question is unanswerable. Too many variables.

Yes, I meant Romanization. When a Korean person has a Korean word in their head, how do they go about writing it in alphabetic characters? Is there a convention?

two main methods

the McCune-Reischauer system which is the older one that you still see on the subway some times "pusan" "peomgye"

and the newer which you will see most places

here is a link to both, scroll down. There are better ones but this is one of the first google found, and i can't be bothered writing it out.

That being said in my experience a lot of koreans can't recognize korean words written in english, even simple ones like kimbap. They just assume it's an english word they don't know

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/korean.htm

tfunk

Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 2:11 am Post subject:

blackjack wrote:

That being said in my experience a lot of koreans can't recognize korean words written in english, even simple ones like kimbap.

That's what I'm concerned about.

How do Koreans choose domain names that are unambiguous in their spelling and can be conveyed by word of mouth?

Demophobe

Joined: 17 May 2004

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

tfunk wrote:

blackjack wrote:

That being said in my experience a lot of koreans can't recognize korean words written in english, even simple ones like kimbap.

That's what I'm concerned about.

How do Koreans choose domain names that are unambiguous in their spelling and can be conveyed by word of mouth?

Easy way...

gksrmfqks.com = 한글반.com

Hard way...

hangulban.com

ChinaBoy

Joined: 17 Feb 2007

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject:

Does=Do

boatofcar

Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject:

One of my friends, Korean guy, works at Naver. He's always told me that Naver is a contraction of the word "navigator."

losing_touch

Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 6:22 am Post subject:

ChinaBoy wrote:

Does=Do

Officially seconded ....

Rusty Shackleford

Joined: 08 May 2008

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

boatofcar wrote:

One of my friends, Korean guy, works at Naver. He's always told me that Naver is a contraction of the word "navigator."

This was my initial reaction, the first time ever saw a Korean PC with Internet Explorer open.

pkang0202

Joined: 09 Mar 2007

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject:

Here's a tip for the OP: Keep the doman to 2-3 syllables. You can be clever with numbers too. 24 means move(이사). 92 means grilled(구이).

Otherside

Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

pkang0202 wrote:

Here's a tip for the OP:

Keep the doman to 2-3 syllables. You can be clever with numbers too. 24 means move(이사). 92 means grilled(구이).

And 18 means.... Smile

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