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hsaeoa
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West Coast Tatterdemalion
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Good grief, Korea. You don't get things your way all the time and you can't force people to call something that YOU want it to be called.  |
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hogwonguy1979
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wonder if the Vietnamese get into a tiff about us yanks not calling it "tet"?
highly doubt it
gmafb korea |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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Bergen County Korean Parents Association in New Jersey.
Sounds like an influential organization! |
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definitely maybe
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| I've been in Shanghai and Hong Kong on two separate occasions for the Chinese New Year, and I've been in Korea a number of times. I am married to a Korean, my in-laws are a lot of fun, and Seollal is always memorable. Nonetheless, it doesn't hold a candle to the Chinese celebration. If/When it does, they can start pushing a claim that the title be changed. |
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Menino80
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Location: Hodor?
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| We�re just trying to set the record straight that one of Korea�s biggest holidays of the year isn�t Chinese |
In the same way that the official name of your country (大韩民国）is not Chinese.
As GOB said: "COME on!" |
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Unposter
Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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| No reason why Americans can't call it "Lunar" New Year. It would be more accurate. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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``Chinese New Year is basically understood in the U.S. as a new year for all Asians,�� Kang Woo-sung, vice president of NYU Korean Graduate Students Association, wrote on his blog, KoreaBrandImage.com.
Chinatowns across America kick off large-scale Lunar New Year festivals to invite foreigners and capitalize on the holiday, but Koreans and Koreatowns lack that kind of energy, which in turn results in very low awareness, he explained.
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There's the answer- copy the Chinese and be nice about things and invite others to the festivals and celebrations. They actually make a great deal of money off of their friendliness and positive thinking. Instead, it sounds like the Koreans in the USA just want to sulk and be bitter about the name of this holiday. How far is that going to get them? |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
| I've been in Shanghai and Hong Kong on two separate occasions for the Chinese New Year, and I've been in Korea a number of times. I am married to a Korean, my in-laws are a lot of fun, and Seollal is always memorable. Nonetheless, it doesn't hold a candle to the Chinese celebration. If/When it does, they can start pushing a claim that the title be changed. |
Exactly. Nobody is stopping the Koreans in the USA from holding their own celebrations. Make them big and invite others.
Meanwhile, the Chinese really get into this holiday and make it easy for others to participate. In the USA, in the Chinese communities, there are parades, firecrackers, dragons, and lots of Chinese food. |
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whiteshoes
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Well how do you explain to people at home why you didn't have to work this week? I've told everyone it's "Lunar New Year" and everyone knew what I was talking about.
Why would I have "Chinese New Year" off while I'm in Korea? |
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, you mean "Spring Festival." |
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definitely maybe
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Well how do you explain to people at home why you didn't have to work this week? I've told everyone it's "Lunar New Year" and everyone knew what I was talking about.
Why would I have "Chinese New Year" off while I'm in Korea? |
That's very true, and I actually do tend to call it the lunar new year. However, I've never know the Chinese to insist it should be called the "Chinese New Year." That's the underlying factor in my belief that too much is being made of the issue by these Korean American interest groups. I'm all for increased exposure and an attempt by Koreans to share their culture, but the us vs. them agenda that seems to have developed, as usual, is what I find questionable. |
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dongjak
Joined: 30 Oct 2010
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| WadRUG'naDoo wrote: |
| Oh, you mean "Spring Festival." |
No kidding. The Chinese don't even call it Chinese New Year. |
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sojusucks
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| whiteshoes wrote: |
Well how do you explain to people at home why you didn't have to work this week? I've told everyone it's "Lunar New Year" and everyone knew what I was talking about.
Why would I have "Chinese New Year" off while I'm in Korea? |
That's very true, and I actually do tend to call it the lunar new year. However, I've never know the Chinese to insist it should be called the "Chinese New Year." That's the underlying factor in my belief that too much is being made of the issue by these Korean American interest groups. I'm all for increased exposure and an attempt by Koreans to share their culture, but the us vs. them agenda that seems to have developed, as usual, is what I find questionable. |
It's called "Chinese New Year" because it's the Chinese people who have publicly celebrated it in the USA for over a century. The Koreans in the USA haven't tried to do anything special that could stamp this holiday as theirs yet they want everyone to stop calling it "Chinese New Year" simply because they don't like it. |
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Menino80
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
It's called "Chinese New Year" because it's the Chinese people who have publicly celebrated it in the USA for over a century. The Koreans in the USA haven't tried to do anything special that could stamp this holiday as theirs yet they want everyone to stop calling it "Chinese New Year" simply because they don't like it. |
All of Your Culture Belong to Us |
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