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rchristo10
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eamo
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They're going to be so pissed when they realize how much more useful it would be to use roman script if they ever want to go out into the wide world.
And when they realize that Hangeul can't accurately represent many different consonant sounds!
Hell, even the spellchecker I'm using right now doesn't recognize the word 'hangeul'.
This is another classic myth totally believed by Koreans. That hangeul is a perfect writing script and one day the world will realize that and all start switching to hangeul. I saw a documentary on Airiang channel all about this. Spreading hangeul around the world. There is actually a small government department devoted entirely to this task. They send hangeul volunteer teachers to isolated tribes all around the world to teach them hangeul.
Of course, no one has actually analysed that it's only a perfect writing script for the Korean language!! It sure as hell sucks at representing English anyway!
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prideofidaho
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| Well, the Inuit, scratch that, the missionaries chose a series of triangles, circles, and lines to represent Inuktitut, I don't think it matters what they decide to use as long as people are literate. |
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Tundra_Creature
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| prideofidaho wrote: |
| Well, the Inuit, scratch that, the missionaries chose a series of triangles, circles, and lines to represent Inuktitut, I don't think it matters what they decide to use as long as people are literate. |
Yeah, I gotta agree with that. Cree use the same system too, (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anyway, I'm not a linguist, but I figure if it works for them, then there's no issue. So what if it's Hangul? |
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alphakennyone
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Location: city heights
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
They're going to be so pissed when they realize how much more useful it would be to use roman script if they ever want to go out into the wide world.
And when they realize that Hangeul can't accurately represent many different consonant sounds!
Hell, even the spellchecker I'm using right now doesn't recognize the word 'hangeul'.
This is another classic myth totally believed by Koreans. That hangeul is a perfect writing script and one day the world will realize that and all start switching to hangeul. I saw a documentary on Airiang channel all about this. Spreading hangeul around the world. There is actually a small government department devoted entirely to this task. They send hangeul volunteer teachers to isolated tribes all around the world to teach them hangeul.
Of course, no one has actually analysed that it's only a perfect writing script for the Korean language!! It sure as hell sucks at representing English anyway! |
I like the oft-cited example of the hangulization of "McDonald's" being superior and more accurate than the katakanization of it. It's still way off, especially if you choose to really emphasize those "EU"s as Koreans often do while speaking. |
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AgentM
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Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| Tundra_Creature wrote: |
| prideofidaho wrote: |
| Well, the Inuit, scratch that, the missionaries chose a series of triangles, circles, and lines to represent Inuktitut, I don't think it matters what they decide to use as long as people are literate. |
Yeah, I gotta agree with that. Cree use the same system too, (correct me if I'm wrong).
Anyway, I'm not a linguist, but I figure if it works for them, then there's no issue. So what if it's Hangul? |
I agree. Koreans are going to love this! |
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