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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Good point about Tiger being both Asian and American. Much like Anthony Kim and his Rider Cup heroics. I think both are more American in their world view than their ethnic bloodlines. |
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ryoga013
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| asylum seeker wrote: |
| Silly thread title. Are you trying to get the Korean-bashers riled up? |
It worked... but I'll keep my profanity limited to the neighbors |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Yang will probably take US Citizenship right away. That or get double eyelid surgery.
He was better on one day, but he's not a better player. Not by a long shot. |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Did you guys see the U.S. coverage? The commentators made a huge deal about how he was the first "Asian-born" player to win a major. How it was 8 AM in Korea and Seoul should be going crazy... how he has lifted South Korea.
Anyway, his 2nd shot on 18 was clutch. Better than Tiger? No but I don't think anyone thinks this. Better than Tiger on that day? Yes. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| All well and good, but what does Y.E. stand for? Yeong Eun? Yang Ee? Yoon Eup? Does anyone know what the Y.E. stands for? And why he doesn't use his Korean name? |
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! Probably hard for those foreigners to pronounce that!  |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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They said his full name in the coverage a few times.
Also it is a common habit to use the initials for someone who has two first names. It seems logical to apply this to asians with two first names as well. However wierdly enough, I was watching the ladies open a few weeks ago and the koreans had their full names on the board. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
Yang will probably take US Citizenship right away. That or get double eyelid surgery.
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minorthreat
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: in your base, killing your mans
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: Re: Y.E. Yang is Better than Tiger Woods |
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| Fermentator75 wrote: |
| South Korea's Y.E. Yang is the 1st Asian to win a major men's golfing tournament. |
The first Asian born in Asia. Vijay Singh is ethnically Asian. |
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Fermentator75
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Fijian's aren't Asian in my book Minor... more Pac Islander style... but technically mmmm eh |
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Uncle Kevin
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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Sadebugo1
Joined: 11 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Y.E. Yang is Better than Tiger Woods |
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| South Korea's Y.E. Yang is the 1st Asian to win a major men's golfing tournament. Today he was better than Tiger Woods. Question: Is there an odd number of exceptionally drunk Koreans in the streets in the early afternoon today? The tournament was from 5-8 am KST or so this morning. I have to admit he played amazing and I was rooting for him (the underdog). He held a lead over the best in the world and made some amazing shots showing composure and guts to win it. Way to go Yangster! |
I'm happy that Yang won but dreaded the reaction from the Korean media/people. They treat these rare victories as affirmation of some sort of national superiority. Thank goodness I'm in the US where it won't be shoved down my throat!
Sadebugo
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/ |
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