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[Hater Depot]

Those extra 'uh's and 'ee's are a feature of Korean, which shows up in transliteration. Still, a word like 'change' should be written as � rather than �.

I have seen a conversation book that wrote 'change' as �. Not a bad idea.

[mithridates]

Last time I was in Canada I was bored and I made a system whereby English can be written perfectly in Korean, with the same number of syllables too. A word like change would be written þ�� (the �� should be tucked in on the lower right) with a dot on the top to indicate that it should be pronounced, but still one syllable.

[flakfizer]

"Roast robster?" Is that anything like roast Bobster? Anyway, if anyone finds Konglish to be a bit humorous, there used to be (and perhaps still is) a website devoted to butchered English (in Asia) called "Engrish.com" or something. One of my personal farovites is when a student of mine wrote a sentence that went like this: "After I finished playing the piano, everyone stood up and crapped."

I laughed through that class and the two after it.

http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=color-loser.jpg&category=Engrish%20from%20Other%20Countries&date=2004-11-19


Checked the site, it's still there. Mostly Janglish, though.

[jajdude]

There is one useful function for Konglish: sometimes you need to use it to communicate. Ever hear of a foreigner trying to buy "This" cigarettes and getting a confused reaction? Finally, "Oh, dis-uh!" A friend of mine wanted to go somewhere in taxi once, near a KFC. The driver could not understand. Now if he had said "Kay eppuh shee" he might have been understood. Speaking of KFC, ordering a "zinger" burger might not work so well either. But ask for a "jinguh" burger and no problem. I dislike when the menu at a restaurant includes English but the worker doesn't understand it. So then you got to use Korean, or Konglish, or point or something.

[ajuma]

I find myself using a mix of Korean/Konglish/English when trying to communicate. Not in class, mind you, but in casual conversation. For example: Most Koreans don't know "acupuncturist", but if I say "chim doctor", they understand (chim=needle).

My pet peeve is the pronunciation of "an" which most students pronunce as "on" or "un". Now, in conversation, we usually say it as "un" or "n" (I have n apple"), but the word itself is pronounced like "ann".

[The Bobster]

[buddy bradley]

[guangho]

the Germans are the Cambodians of Europe.

[jajdude]

I also heard "handphone" used by a few Vietnamese.

My pet peeve Konglish pronunciation is using the long "o" vowel sound for what proper English requires to be a short "o" sound.


I know in Korean it's ȫ�� and ���� etc... but it isn't that funny (as some Koreans seem to react) to discover that actually English speakers do prounce the "o" as "ah" in these and many other words.
Haht dahg!

[keithinkorea]

Just a Konglish update-alert here.

I noticed a new bar in Itaewon at the weekend and it had possibly one of the best signs I've seen to date.

POISONING - REBEN - ROUNGE BAR

Now can any experts on Konglish please tell me what the hell that means! Funny indeed.

[joe_doufu]

Korea Times yesterday used the word "denuclearizing" about a hundred times. Also something I downloaded online from the AP used the word. Talking about how North Korea was now intends to help denuclearized the Korean Peninsula. The same new word used by two different reporters... think maybe Kim Jong-Il invented it?

[ajuma]

Sounds like George's "misunderestimated"!!!! kkk

[The Bobster]

I have to mention this :

One of my students today was wearing a nifty new t-shirt that reads : "FAILURE LEADS TO SUSSESS."

Stuff like gives me giggles enough to last through a real bad day.

[keithinkorea]