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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 3:11 am    Post subject: writing English words with Korean letters Reply with quote

Using �� for C, �� for H, �� for L, �� for O, �� for I, and �� for E, and �� for T,
what is the longest word you can come up with?

This is the longest word I can come up with:

�� �� �� �� �� ��

unless interjections are ruled as fair game:

�� �� �� �� �� ��

Can you write an entire sentence using only those letters?
This is the best I can do:

�� �� �� ��
�� �� ��
�� �� �� �� ��

�� �� �� ��
�� �� ��
�� ��

Besides those two verbs, I can't find any verbs which will fit in a declarative sentence.
So we may have to resort to commands:

�� �� ��
�� �� �� �� ��

�� �� �� �� ��
�� �� �� ��

Nouns are also difficult, because there is no Korean letter which looks like an A.
Thank goodness for the Korean trade names which carried me through this last exercise!

It is a good thing that THE fits in the specifications.
That makes it easy to use nouns:

�� �� ��
�� �� ��
�� �� �� ��

I am not sure whether or not to use the �� for an S,
since the two letters are backwards from each other.
However, if we do, that will make it easier to use verbs:

�� �� �� ��
�� �� �� ��
�� ��

�� ��
�� �� �� �� �� ��
�� �� ��

�� �� �� ��
�� �� �� �� ��
�� �� ��
�� �� ��

It will also render it possible for us to use adjectives,
because now we can use the word IS:

�� �� ��
�� �� �� �� ��
�� ��
�� �� �� ��

�� ��
�� ��
�� �� ��

Using ��, this is the longest sentence I can contrive:

�� �� ��
�� �� �� ��
�� �� �� ��
�� �� �� ��
�� ��
�� �� ��

If you wish, you can also write words in other languages which use the Roman alphabet.
The only one I can think of is:

�� �� ��

which means "uncle" in Spanish.

Unless, of course, we allow the ��.
I think you know the word:

�� ��
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Porter_Goss



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
Location: The Wrong Side of Right

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have far too much �Ϥ��� on your hands woman.
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Canucksaram



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:44 am    Post subject: Cool. Reply with quote

Cool, Tomato.
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endo



Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Porter_Goss wrote:
You have far too much �Ϥ��� on your hands woman.


brilliant!
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mole



Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

�� ���� ��
�̤���
�� �������� �� ��

stretching the imagination too far..? Confused

�� �� ���� �Ӥ� , maybe?
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

�̤��� �����̤��� �����Ӥ���: ���� ���̤����� �������̤�����, �������� ���̤��Ӥ���

I find it immensely hard to associate different sounds with the letters. Typing that was pretty tough.
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Porter_Goss



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mole wrote:
�� ���� ��
�̤���
�� �������� �� ��

stretching the imagination too far..? Confused

�� �� ���� �Ӥ� , maybe?


You shot the sheriff? �� �� �� �� ��.
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Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Location: Daejeon

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

�� - �� ���� �� �� �� �� - �� �� �� ���� �� �� �� - �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��


�� looks like "Z" to me. Can "��" pass for "A"?
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Porter_Goss



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

out of context wrote:
�� - �� ���� �� �� �� �� - �� �� �� ���� �� �� �� - �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��


�� looks like "Z" to me. Can "��" pass for "A"?


What are you collecting?
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Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Location: Daejeon

PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eclectic oilcloth. Is that �� �� �� �� �� �� ��?
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Porter_Goss



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

out of context wrote:
Eclectic oilcloth. Is that �� �� �� �� �� �� ��?


�� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� y.

Damn, there's no good character for "y".
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zappadelta



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
�Ϥ���


What is this?
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Porter_Goss



Joined: 26 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zappadelta wrote:
Quote:
�Ϥ���


What is this?


T I M E
�� �� �� ��
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robot



Joined: 07 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

�ӡ��� ���Ӥ� �Ӥ�.

ROBT.
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Haha, I used this as a warm-up activity today. Great stuff. �� can be a decent capital F.
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