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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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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Americans are easily fooled/don't research the country of origin of things they buy/don't give a shit. |
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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: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| Americans are easily fooled/don't research the country of origin of things they buy/don't give a shit. |
It's not that simple.
http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1729
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| It's a common phenomenon in the global economy -- it's getting harder for consumers to recognize where businesses come from. |
Also, some of my friends/relatives in Canada have told me that Korean companies have, in their advertising, insinuated that they were Japanese. In fact, KIA has done more than insinuate they're Japanese.
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| However, when the same respondents were asked about product quality, a mere 39.7 percent said that Korean products were reliable, less than half the 81.8 percent who said the same of Japanese products. That means it is helpful for Korean brands to be thought of as Japanese. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| Typical ignorant people... |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:11 am Post subject: |
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I'm curious as to what ads insinuate they're japanese? Maybe a link to a video?
I was in Canada last summer and I can't really recall any of the Korean commercials hinting that they were japanese. Before coming to Korea I thought they were japanese, but the commercials didn't really push my towards that assumption. Just my ignorance. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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I thought it was a German company.  Until I came here and realized it used to be Lucky Goldstar, the crappy cheap t.v. manufacturer. |
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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: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| I thought it was a German company. Until I came here and realized it used to be Lucky Goldstar, the crappy cheap t.v. manufacturer. |
My mom's Lucky Goldstar VCR still works, and she beats it like a masochistic mule. |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Wasn't that the whole idea behind naming the company "Lucky Goldstar"? And wasn't "Sony" a word made up because the Japanese thought that it is a word that Americans might think was English (ie American)? |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: |
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LG (Lifes Good) - Korean company deliberately using an "English slogan" (brand) to sell its products on the international market
Hyundai is marketed in Australia and NZ - pronounced on advertisements as
Hie - oon - die (Japanese pronunciation) |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Troll_Bait wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Americans are easily fooled/don't research the country of origin of things they buy/don't give a shit. |
It's not that simple.
It's a common phenomenon in the global economy -- it's getting harder for consumers to recognize where businesses come from. |
So why single out the Americans in your thread title? |
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lsrupert
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| And my students think that Dominoes, Papa Johns, McDonalds, Burger King, and KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN!!! lol are Korean. It happens. People aren't informed, so they assume companies belong to "them." Woop Dee Doo. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| lsrupert wrote: |
| And my students think that Dominoes, Papa Johns, McDonalds, Burger King, and KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN!!! lol are Korean. It happens. People aren't informed, so they assume companies belong to "them." Woop Dee Doo. |
How old are they? |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Korean companies know that the perception of Korean products is not good, so they deliberately try to pass off their products as not being Korean.
Korean cosmetics with French names
Korean clothes and shoes with French and Italian names
Korean appliances with German sounding names |
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
Korean companies know that the perception of Korean products is not good, so they deliberately try to pass off their products as not being Korean.
Korean cosmetics with French names
Korean clothes and shoes with French and Italian names
Korean appliances with German sounding names |
The same thing has been done in many companies around the world, it's not an original Korean concept... that would be hard to find... |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, that must mean they are stupid. Stupid imperialist Yanks! Ha Ha... |
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