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Korea vs. Corea...
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Well, which K/Corea do you like?
Korea
81%
 81%  [ 48 ]
Corea
18%
 18%  [ 11 ]
Total Votes : 59

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matko



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let them change it to Corea so they can be ahead of Japan in the alphabet!

Who cares!!

It won't make their dicks any bigger Rolling Eyes
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Great Wall of Whiner wrote:
kiwiboy_nz_99 wrote:
Buljasso ...
Quote:

koala
kohl
kook
koran
kosher
kowtow


kook is the wrong sound, and the others are all gimme's, not strictly anglo origin ... Wink


Exactly.

May I refer you to the post by Cthulu RIGHT ABOVE YOURS. Razz
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CanKorea



Joined: 23 Jun 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm good with keeping the K in Korea. I'd get confused if things started to change.

Is it more phonetically correct to use a C?
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posco's trumpet



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



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crazylemongirl



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The c freaks me out.

CLG
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kiwiboy_nz_99



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Buljasso, agreed Korea is not an anglo word, but wasn't the theory being put forward that C would correspond more closely to ENGLISH phonetics?
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Zyzyfer



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 5:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Somebody also needs to remind Mr. Cim that changing Korea to Corea will still put Corea behind China in an alphbetical listing. We can't have that, now can we?
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Holyjoe



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Somebody also needs to remind Mr. Cim that changing Korea to Corea will still put Corea behind China in an alphbetical listing. We can't have that, now can we?


Cheorea? Wink
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Hyalucent



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to have an ex-girlfriend named Corea (pronounced like 'Corey")-- so I have to vote for the "K".
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This issue was not discussed in Korea until the World Cup. Suddenly some people got upset that Japan was listed first. My money says this is a case of projection.

Besides, what country gets to change their name in foreign languages?Cambodia became Kampuchea in their own language. Burma became Myanmar in Burmese. In Korean, Korea is Daehanminguk, not Korea. IF Daehanminguk changes its name to Corea in Hangook mal, then I'll go along with it. Otherwise it is just pandering to their inferiority complex vis a vis Japan. Ain't my problem.
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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Besides, what country gets to change their name in foreign languages?


This is exactly what I think about the East Sea/Sea of Japan issue. Korea does not get to make up new English words and names because it is not their language. They can try, but we have no reason to accept it. The day I call that body of water the East Sea in my language is the day I start calling it the �Ϻ���/IlBonHae in theirs.

Actually, I've been thinking about circulating petitions back home to get the the Korean name of America changed from "�̱�/Me-Gook" to something else. It sounds too much like I am using a racial epithet to refer to myself and my country. And what's up with that Chinese character(ڸ)? It looks like a frickin' centipede! I will immediately write to my Congressman to make sure that he takes up this important issue.
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
Besides, what country gets to change their name in foreign languages?Cambodia became Kampuchea in their own language. Burma became Myanmar in Burmese. In Korean, Korea is Daehanminguk, not Korea. IF Daehanminguk changes its name to Corea in Hangook mal, then I'll go along with it. Otherwise it is just pandering to their inferiority complex vis a vis Japan. Ain't my problem.

Good point.
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

>>Actually, I've been thinking about circulating petitions back home to get the the Korean name of America changed from "�̱�/Me-Gook" to something else<<

I think Son Duereo! is on to something important here. Maybe we way-good sarams should get petitions going to DEMAND Koreans stop calling the US 'Mi-gook' when they speak Korean. That puts us BEHIND both Korea and Japan in the alphabet! Koreans tell me it is the Chinese name for the US, but I suspect that it was a Japanese plot during World War 2.

I find it offensive no matter what the source. It always sounded like Tarzan was saying he was a Vietcong.
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Cthulhu



Joined: 02 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Maybe we way-good sarams should get petitions going to DEMAND Koreans stop calling the US 'Mi-gook' when they speak Korean. That puts us BEHIND both Korea and Japan in the alphabet!


Yeah, but it's always "United States of America" for anything important (Olympics, Miss Universe, Hated Decadent Western Nation of the Week etc.) not "America" so it doesn't help much.
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whatthefunk



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Son Deureo! wrote:

Actually, I've been thinking about circulating petitions back home to get the the Korean name of America changed from "�̱�/Me-Gook" to something else. It sounds too much like I am using a racial epithet to refer to myself and my country. And what's up with that Chinese character(ڸ)? It looks like a frickin' centipede! I will immediately write to my Congressman to make sure that he takes up this important issue.


A Corean priende tolde mi that Mi-gook meanse beautifule kountry. Thatse fine wij me.
Ase for je C/K jing.... First, they should stop calling Bush Bushi. Then they should stop calling McDonalds Macadonaldse. Then they should change their alphabet so that zoo is not joo and zebra is not jebra. After they do this, then I will consider calling them Corea.
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