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The evil penguin · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: Backpage back-slapping

Anybody else seen the ad on the back of todays korean herald? Its been on the back in some previous editions but I've never actually taken the time to read it.....

Who the hell writes this shit??

The korean language has the best alphabet all languages have dreamt of. Hangul rated first for creativity. "designing the most superior letters among all nations"

The ad then goes on to describe how korea basically pionered CDMA, semi-conductor and land going sea-vessel technologies.... which proves that koreans have "rare talents of creativity and originality" enabling them to face the new era with confidence....

Come on..... even kimchi is a copied design......

Its an ad for samsung electronics.... considered in australia to be the cheaper crappier version of the japanese sony...

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

In fairness hangul is pretty brilliant. How long does it take to learn hangul vs. the roman alphabet?

jinglejangle · Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Location: Far far far away.

Yeah, I'll give 'em Hangul.

Koreans are unquestionably the best at adopting new scientific alphabets and at industrial espionage.

ChimpumCallao · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: your mom

how is kimchi a copied design, evil penguin? i'd really like to know...all i am aware of is red peppers where brought here by the portuguese in the 1500's...

and that ad is racist and dispicable. the whole country seems to suffer from little man syndrome and is constantly trying to remind themselves just how awesome and superior they and their culture are. you know..successful countries don't need to do that, as RESULTS supercede propaganda.

The evil penguin · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject:

ChimpumCallao · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: your mom

so i have another question...why do you think it is that americans can admit or accept that the hamburger was started by the mogolians and perfected by the germans, or that aussies understand that vegemite and meat pies are not solely their creation...these are just as big a staple for our countries and societies than kimchi is for the koreans. why can't the koreans accept history or even have opposiong theories? why the metaphysical attachment to fermented cabbage? why is a culture that says to be so into education and history and tradition so hypocrital when it comes to their own introspection?

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

The invention of the rain gauge in Korea came two hundred years before inventor Christopher Wren created a rain gauge.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blweather.htm

Joseon culture created the first Korean Tea Ceremony, Korean Gardens, and extensive encyclopaedias.

Many Korean inventions are from this period, such as the first Asian sundial and the world's first water-powered clock. During the Joseon period, the metal printing press, invented during the Goryeo dynasty in 1232 AD, supplanted the wood-block printing press in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon_Dynasty

Koreans claim sushi and sashimi were Korean inventions, not Japanese
http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Busan---Gyeongju/Busan/blog-14582.html

helly · Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: WORLDWIDE

I love it that Koreans feel the need to claim raw fish as their own "inventions" over the Japanese.

You know, before fire, I'll bet there was quite a bit of raw fish eating.