Korean Job Discussion Forums

[harri2002]

I don't know if Koreans are more mixed than the Japanese or Chinese. But in my family there is this tale that my great-great-great-grandmother may have been from India. My dad told me that his grandmother who died in 1950's had curly hair, tall caucasian features and so he believes there was someone along the bloodline from India. I do see Koreans on the streets who look like they have mixed blood a lot.

[Ryst Helmut]

[coolsage]

[tommynomad]

I couldn't disagree more.
We're in Korea (most of us).
This board is about Korea.
To disallow Korean (either officially or by consensus) is anathema--literally!
Want to read it? Upgrade! (and as Kiwiboy knows--my computer doesn't even have sound, so I'm not comin' atcha from above).
My Korean sucks, but as a global learner, I embrace every opportunity to test my skills. The occasional appearance of �ѱ� on the board is a joy. (Though I suggest--mods?--there ought to be a special forum for discussions/use of the �ѱ� alphabet and �ѱ���.)

I also think your original criticism came off as harsh and authoritarian, coolsage. I hope it wasn't intended that way--your nick suggests it was out of character.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[edgellskiuk]

i have no objection to korean being used on the board. My one concern would be that it stops many people being able to take part in a discussion where the issue isn't the korean language. maybe a translation would allow more people to discuss an issue.

I think a seperate korean language section is a great idea. This would allow people to practice and hone their skills, and not stop the flow of dicussions.

I of course cheat and get my assistant to translate it for me

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

No, a seperate forum for korean would gettoize it. You are not excluded from a conversation by being able to read one part of it. Most people can't read it fluently, and the majority can't write complex long passages in Korean. So the amount of times that this will lead to exclusion or derailed convos is very low. Usually someone posts their Korean and then things just carry on ...

[edgellskiuk]

Kiwi I can see you point , but if a point is being made in a discussion surely even a rough translation is of benefit to the majority. A lot of what is posted in korean would most likely be of interest to non korean speakers and pertinent to the topic at hand, but they will never know so are discluded from the full discussion.

I do not think a "korean language learning or practise" forum would ghettoise it. From my impression of the board, a lot of posters are learning korean so it would be a relativly busy board. I may be wrong, (which is normally the case) but I do not think so this time.

[FUBAR]

[dogbert]

[coolsage]

OK, OK, my bad. I appreciate that there those who want to stretch out in Korean. And why not, indeed? Personally, I haven't found a need to learn much more than 'Survival Korean', probably because I've never pursued a Korean GF. (I do have a Thai wife, and my language studies, such as they are, are moving in that direction these days.) Different motivation. Also, my (psst!) bootleg copy of Win XP doesn't allow for language updates. All I get is squares, or if it comes from Hanmail, gibberish. So feel free to continue to employ Hangul when it seems appropriate. Cheers.

[manlyboy]

[quote="coolsage"][quote="manlyboy"]

[Real Reality]

The suicidal death rate was 18.7 for South Korea in 2002, behind only Hungary (23.2), Japan (19.1) and Finland (18.8), according to the OECD.
Suicides Hit Record High in 2003
by Bae Keun-min, Korea Times (September 22, 2004)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200409/kt2004092214480811860.htm

[coolsage]

Manly: Fine research on your part. The nearest equivalent to the Korean experience that I could think of, at the time. Now would you care to Google up Belgium? Now there's a place that has changed hands more than a few times in its history.