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Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

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 æ�� rather than æ��.

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

mithridates · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

"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 · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

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 · Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Location: Anywere but Seoul!!

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 · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

buddy bradley · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The Beyond

guangho · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:00 am Post subject:

the Germans are the Cambodians of Europe.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

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 · Joined: 17 Mar 2004

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.