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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| waggo wrote: |
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| Seoul at least has the 63 building, what has B/Pusan got? |
Busan has plans to have 63 63 buildings so just watch your cheek young lady. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| All of this is hyperbole- self promotion. Deep down they know it isn't reality, but they feel like if they promote it enough, then people will start to believe. That will help make it so. |
And how is this different from most of the businesses in the world?
And I find the Korean alphabet very rational myself.
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A business or country will exaggerate a quality that it does actually possess. Korea is tauting qualities that it doesn`t even come close to possessing.
Hangeul is rational, but the claim is that it`s the "envy" of people around the world. Clearly it is not, as most people haven`t even heard of it. This is just another one of those empty claims that no one except Koreans actually care about. I love hangeul myself, but anyone who does not have a reason to use it is simply not going to know or care. And needing to talk about your alphabet, of all things, to nationalistically pump yourself up is a sure sign of desperation. It`s completely insignificant in terms of whether a country is a modern dynamic tourist and business hub. The English language and alphabet is a hopeless mess of multiple influences, yet we seem to do alright on the tourism and business front... |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Satori wrote: |
| Zoobot wrote: |
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| All of this is hyperbole- self promotion. Deep down they know it isn't reality, but they feel like if they promote it enough, then people will start to believe. That will help make it so. |
And how is this different from most of the businesses in the world?
And I find the Korean alphabet very rational myself.
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A business or country will exaggerate a quality that it does actually possess. Korea is tauting qualities that it doesn`t even come close to possessing.
Hangeul is rational, but the claim is that it`s the "envy" of people around the world. Clearly it is not, as most people haven`t even heard of it. This is just another one of those empty claims that no one except Koreans actually care about. I love hangeul myself, but anyone who does not have a reason to use it is simply not going to know or care. And needing to talk about your alphabet, of all things, to nationalistically pump yourself up is a sure sign of desperation. It`s completely insignificant in terms of whether a country is a modern dynamic tourist and business hub. The English language and alphabet is a hopeless mess of multiple influences, yet we seem to do alright on the tourism and business front... |
Yes indeed.
If Hangeul and Kimchi are evidence of Korea's international acclaim, then I sympathize with any proponent of this view.
And I'm saying this to be kind, as Korea's number one fan!
Peeps, give it a freakin rest already. |
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