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Newbie
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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: What does "CF" stand for |
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I'll probably kick myself for not figuring it out alone, but why do Koreans call TV commercials/ads "CF"?
I assume it is something like "Commercial ____________" ?? |
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diver
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Consumer Fraud? |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| Commercial Film I think |
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Newbie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| Commercial Film I think |
Is that what WE officially call'em, or is it a Korean thing?
Where are all the Media/Mass communication students when you need them? |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| Commercial Film I think |
Yes. When Koreans say "CF" they mean "Commercial Film" meaning what we call "commercials," those advertisements that you see on TV.
We also say "commercial film," but it describes the type of film, as in "indie (independant) film."
For example, Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" was a commercial film (it was meant to be a blockbuster) but "Munich" was not. |
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patchy
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| I think it's an Asian thing to call commercials CFs. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: Re: What does "CF" stand for |
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| Newbie wrote: |
I'll probably kick myself for not figuring it out alone, but why do Koreans call TV commercials/ads "CF"?
I assume it is something like "Commercial ____________" ?? |
If they got it from the US military, it means "charlie foxtrot." And that means "cluster f*ck". And that means, "all messed up". |
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patchy
Joined: 26 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Commercial filmclip? |
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denverdeath
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Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| It's Konglish. |
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Grotto
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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patchy
Joined: 26 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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| But not just confined to Korea so I'm not sure if you would call that Konglish. People from HK, Singapore and Taiwan call it CF too. People probably in Asia probably don't know what it stands for exactly, but they know what it means, because you'll probably never hear them say it in the unabbreviated form. Hence the mystery of CF. |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| patchy wrote: |
| But not just confined to Korea so I'm not sure if you would call that Konglish. People from HK, Singapore and Taiwan call it CF too. People probably in Asia probably don't know what it stands for exactly, but they know what it means, because you'll probably never hear them say it in the unabbreviated form. Hence the mystery of CF. |
Well, I guess in Korea, we can call it "Konglish." In Hong Kong, "Honglish." In Singapore, "Songlish." "Tonglish" in Taiwan and "Jonglish" in Japan. Or, something along those lines. I still tell 'em that "Salaryman" is incorrect even though it's in the dictionary as an English term recognised being used in Japan to refer to a "Japanese corporate businessman" (office worker or businessman/woman/person in my mind would be more appropriate - as would "commercial" for "CF" or "Shee-ae-puh"). |
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zappadelta
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