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eamo

Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:26 pm Post subject: Extreme Konglish!! |
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Here's a good one I snapped recently on the subway. It's an advertisement on the door glass. Sorry about the poor quality. My cellphone camera sucks.
It's as if some guy thought,.....mmmm....what if I use all the current English catchphrases that I know! All in one sentence!! Oh, and I should spell 'global' with a 'c'. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Haha!
Also at the bottom they spelled Nazarene with an M.
Aaaaand.... look at the Korean at the top. 글로컬. What the hell is that? Glocal??? |
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billybrobby

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, it seems like they purposely spelled it as glocal...(in mystified scientist voice) BUT WHY???
and i think that nazarene is spelled right, just the picture makes it look like an M.
I remember I was reading an article about some guy who work for a company that built hotels or "pensions" or something and he said that the "amenity" had suddenly become all the rage and if you didn't use it at least 3 times in your presentations, you looked like you were behind the times. haha. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe Glocal is a combo word for Global and Local. You know how Korean often combines syllables from words to make shorter words? May be the same thing... |
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mole

Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III
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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't consulted a Korean, but doesn't it say it's an Herbal University?  |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: |
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mole wrote: |
I haven't consulted a Korean, but doesn't it say it's an Herbal University?  |
Maybe to help study and treat Glocaluacoma? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Seen worse (though these are both likely typos.
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Guri Guy

Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Location: Bamboo Island
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Oh those Koreans and their toilet humour!  |
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ilovebdt

Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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RACETRAITOR wrote: |
Seen worse (though these are both likely typos.
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Little sisters of the poop.  |
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pocketfluff

Joined: 30 May 2006 Location: Washington, DC (school) and Los Angeles, CA (home)
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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RACETRAITOR wrote: |
Seen worse (though these are both likely typos.
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Hey, don't knock the 'crap' til you've tried it!  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: |
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When I took the Little Sisters of the Poop, I drove around a bit more looking for more signs to the place, and the place itself. I never found it, but one other sign pointing the way there had it spelled properly "Little Sisters of the Poor." |
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own_king

Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Location: here
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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pocketfluff wrote: |
Hey, don't knock the 'crap' til you've tried it!  |
Right and don't forget the crap cakes and crap sticks. Also how do you know they're not selling crap. Maybe you found the one honest businessman in Korea. |
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cruisemonkey

Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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A combination of the words: 'Korean' and 'idiot' - Kidiot.
Someone who turns into a jerk after consuming too much Cass maek-jju - Casshole.
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pocketfluff

Joined: 30 May 2006 Location: Washington, DC (school) and Los Angeles, CA (home)
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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own_king wrote: |
pocketfluff wrote: |
Hey, don't knock the 'crap' til you've tried it!  |
Right and don't forget the crap cakes and crap sticks. Also how do you know they're not selling crap. Maybe you found the one honest businessman in Korea. |
Ffs, do I really have to spell it out for you?
Ok here:
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Moldy Rutabaga

Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: |
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Maybe you found the one honest businessman in Korea. |
Hehehe...
Reminds me of Vietnam, where every internet cafe in the entire country has "ADSL" written on the sign. It took me a few days to figure out that, like putting on every catchy English word you can think of, almost none of the cafes actually have high-speed connections; it just looks good on the sign!
Ken:> |
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