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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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 Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject: Distinctive Korean mug at Starbucks |
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Has anyone noticed this special mug? What do you think about it? I like it. It looks much more distinctive than the mugs that just read "Seoul" or "Korea." Look and then discuss.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenareh/2412801798/ |
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Ralphie
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Location: Beijing, PRC
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| It's nice, but I was expecting a distinctive shape. I like the earthy tone composition. Any idea what the rest of the script means besides "The Korean Script" written? |
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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Starbucks is such @$$ milk. |
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freakyaye852
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| the first word on the right says 'Korean' the last word is ch something. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| freakyaye852 wrote: |
| the first word on the right says 'Korean' the last word is ch something. |
No. Hopefully this wasn't an attempt at humor. Hoon Min Jung Eum is the name of the Hangeul Script book penned by Se Jong.
LOL! And the last word is 'ch' something? I hope your Korean lessons have been free. |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| crescent wrote: |
| freakyaye852 wrote: |
| the first word on the right says 'Korean' the last word is ch something. |
No. Hopefully this wasn't an attempt at humor. Hoon Min Jung Eum is the name of the Hangeul Script book penned by Se Jong.
LOL! And the last word is 'ch' something? I hope your Korean lessons have been free. |
Maybe he was talking about 나랏말? That seems like it would mean Korean the same way that 国语 means Chinese, like (our) country's language. I still don't get the "ch something", though.
Edit: Looks like it says 쫑와로서르 at the end, but I don't know what that means. |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, "Na Ra Mal Seum Mi" is more accurately translated to 'as our country's leader (king) says". |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe it's to commemorate King Sejong (founder of Hangul) - there was a Sejong festival a while back. Probably limited edition. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| littlelisa wrote: |
Maybe he was talking about 나랏말? That seems like it would mean Korean the same way that 国语 means Chinese, like (our) country's language. I still don't get the "ch something", though.
Edit: Looks like it says 쫑와로서르 at the end, but I don't know what that means. |
The cup is cool, but like someone said, I was hoping to see an interesting shaped cup.
The entire cup is in old Korean and a lot of the words have since changed it's spelling when they decided to standardize spelling in the last century.
I believe you are getting confused with the old pronunciations of the Chinese.
文字 = 문자 (letters)
I think they have it as 문짱, which is the old pronunciation of the Chinese.
Also, you see the ㅆ with the dot on the bottom, I believe the lone dot is now represented as an ㅏ, so it is 싸 |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| You need to have a laptop on the table to complete the look. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't really see buying this for someone who isn't Korean or won't get excited over hangul. |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Strange that they would make a 'stamp' as in the bottom corner that says 'Buks Sta'. Why reversed? |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I have the thermos cup version. My students say some of the syllables are outdated now. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| they've sold stuff with the same text on it as far back as 2005 |
Yeah. I've had this cup on my shelf for at least that long. I like the design. |
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