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A courteous warning for ATEK's new guide
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TheChickenLover



Joined: 17 Dec 2007
Location: The Chicken Coop
PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:07 pm    Post subject: A courteous warning for ATEK's new guide Reply with quote
I would strongly suggest you drop the 'sparkling' bit from the title if your new guide. Using a country's brand image slogan in your new book that may go against the original idea of 'Korea Sparkling' can get you into some serious hot water.

Then again, you may not be here long enough to get that far.

Chicken
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yfb



Joined: 29 Jan 2009
PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah yes, I was waiting with bated breath to see how Chicken would respond to his mortal enemy's recent publication, and I'm disappointed. A vague legal opinion is the best you can do?
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yfb wrote:
Ah yes, I was waiting with bated breath to see how Chicken would respond to his mortal enemy's recent publication, and I'm disappointed. A vague legal opinion is the best you can do?

I got one for ya: tl;dr.
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Smee



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look mom! A one-trick pony!
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crosbystillsstash



Joined: 12 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:31 pm    Post subject: Re: A courteous warning for ATEK's new guide Reply with quote
TheChickenLover wrote:
I would strongly suggest you drop the 'sparkling' bit from the title if your new guide. Using a country's brand image slogan in your new book that may go against the original idea of 'Korea Sparkling' can get you into some serious hot water.

Then again, you may not be here long enough to get that far.

Chicken


Sparkling Korea?

They are taking the piss. It's a joke, and will be considered offensive by those who must not me named Kimberly.

Where are Dave's Defenders of The Han?
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Troll_Bait



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:11 am    Post subject: Re: A courteous warning for ATEK's new guide Reply with quote
TheChickenLover wrote:
I would strongly suggest you drop the 'sparkling' bit from the title if your new guide. Using a country's brand image slogan in your new book that may go against the original idea of 'Korea Sparkling' can get you into some serious hot water.

Then again, you may not be here long enough to get that far.

Chicken


The guy responsible for this "sparkling" slogan is trying desperately to distance himself from the mess.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/02/116_40299.html

http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2007/04/korea_sparkling.html

I heard he charged Korea six figures.
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T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:44 am    Post subject: Re: A courteous warning for ATEK's new guide Reply with quote
crosbystillsstash wrote:


Sparkling Korea?

They are taking the piss. It's a joke, and will be considered offensive by those who must not me named Kimberly.

Where are Dave's Defenders of The Han?


Actually, I consider it offensive. I also consider the term 'kimberly' to be offensive. No it is not a recognized derogatory term. The intent of its use is clear enough to me though. As is the inclusion of the 'sparkling' in Tony's publication.

No I'm not a 'defender of the Han' I do have a wife that is Korean and a son, and I find you and your language to be an offensive.

Tony should remove the little 'joke' from his title.
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Everyone should THANK ATEK for putting a guidebook for teachers together and offering it to EVERYONE for FREE.

This is the kind of thing that SHOULD have been done YEARS ago.

OP, there's NOTHING wrong with ATEK doing this. It benefits EVERYONE. If YOU have a problem with a FREE guidebook for foreigners living in Korea, FEEL FREE to put together your own guidebook. UNTIL THEN, be happy that ATEK finally did it. In fact, read it. You may learn something that will save you time and/or money. Wink
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TheUrbanMyth



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's nothing that can't be figured out after a year or even six months of living here. Hardly warrants an entire book.
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wylies99



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
It's nothing that can't be figured out after a year or even six months of living here. Hardly warrants an entire book though.


But newbies and people coming TO Korea usually have no one to help them and they need this kind of advice. This will help them.

http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2009/03/english-teachers-guide-to-korea.html
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T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
wylies99 wrote:
Everyone should THANK ATEK for putting a guidebook for teachers together and offering it to EVERYONE for FREE.

This is the kind of thing that SHOULD have been done YEARS ago.

OP, there's NOTHING wrong with ATEK doing this. It benefits EVERYONE. If YOU have a problem with a FREE guidebook for foreigners living in Korea, FEEL FREE to put together your own guidebook. UNTIL THEN, be happy that ATEK finally did it. In fact, read it. You may learn something that will save you time and/or money. Wink


Do you know how to read? The problem isn't with Tony. It is with the sarcastic little title he put on his publication. The problem has never been with Tony personally, it has always been about the actions he has taken. Actions that have not been well thought out, reckless, and in this case juvenile.