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[Tiger Beer]

[igotthisguitar]

[Wangja]

Neither: Gorea - like Gimpo.

[dogbert]

[thorin]

KKKorea

[diver]

Korrhea

[seoulkitchen]

It should be Gorea.
Since Korea comes from the Koryo dynasty and the whacky government here decided to spell stuff that starts with a 'K' with a 'G' instead, ie Goryo dynasty....hence 'Gorea'.

Although, I actually prefer it with a 'K' just to annoy certain types of people.....

(How about CKorea?)

[Captain Corea]

this is an interesting thread

Honestly it AMAZES ME that some people have the audacity they do. For a foreiner to come to Korea/Corea/Gorea and say "this is how it should be spelt" simply baffles me.

IF the people and democratically elected rulers of this nation choose to name it any name I would respect their wishes.

I've heard people in this thread mention something to the effect that they (the koreans) can call it whatever they want in hangul but English "is our language" and we'll say what goes (or something to that effect). Honestly, I know the majority here ARE English teachers, but come on, do you seriously believe you possess the rights to the English language?

Many countries have changed their name, often on the tail end of a major political change. If for some reason this country finds itself in a situation where a name change is a priority, I wish them luck. They deserve at least to choose their own name.

[shakuhachi]

[Captain Corea]

[the_beaver]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Captain Corea, let me try one more time to make this clear.

No one is telling Koreans what to call their country or how to spell it. The name of this place is Daehan Mingook. That is the official name. That is the name they chose for it and so far have expressed no wish to change it. If they want to change it in the future, they can do so.

The problem is that they are trying to tell foreigners how to spell the name foreigners have used for the place for the last 7 (?) hundred years. It is not the real name of the country.

It would be very much like Germans saying that we cannot call them Germans since they live in Deustchland, not Germany or Allemagne (or whatever it is the French call it).

There is a certain silliness to this whole issue and it has to do with Koreans wanting to spell it with a 'c' so they can come before Japan in the alphabet. Koreans have a lot to be proud of....but this issue is not one of them.

[Guri Guy]

I still think Flubberlubberland is the obvious choice. Mind you, after checking obesity rates in Canada and the United States maybe we should adopt those names.

[jaebea]

I think Ya-ta has hit it on the head.

We say "Spanish" when we refer to the language of Spain, whereas in Spanish itself, they prefer to call their language "Espanol" (with the funky inflections). They can call it whatever they wish to call it, but in the end, English will always recognise "Spanish" as the language of Spain.

To insist on changing something, for a pure spelling based reason, supported by petty nationalist sentiment, is rather poor.

The "letter change to dictate order" argument is pretty weak. Guess those "Ostralia" jokes might have become a reality of the Japanese made it down this far.. :)

jae.

[seoulkitchen]