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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: Writing my name in Korean |
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I have a problem writing my name in Korean. When I first arrived, people kept writing it as ���̺�� which I didn't like because my name is 2 syllables, not 4 and it doesn't end in an "eu" sound. So when I complained, people cut it down to ���̺� which isn't too bad..
However, if I was to write "I am David", as in ���̺� �̿��� doesn't the �� carry through making it "Dae e be shi ae yo" ? if so, that sucks.. I don't want a "shi" there.. am I making a mistake?
I also tried writing it ����빋 which would seem to be ok and solve my problem.. except my students found it hilarious. Is there some rule I don't know about which means I can't use that final �� there? or were they just laughing at my poor handwriting or strange name?
Anyone else have any problems?
-HE |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| You're in another country, I think you should accept how they write your name even if it doesn't sound quite right. The students dont complain when we give them completely new names.... |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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you're going to stop being so prissy and accept it the way it works in �ѱ�, some syllables just don't work in this language- have you heard the way they pronounce "Bush"? "Corn Flakes"? "McDonalds"?
In fact most english words are bent into the korean shape. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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It's a bit of an honour to have a "shi" at the end of your name. It's like a built-in "Mr."
We all have to go through that sort of mangling. Then again, you could just stop writing your name in Hangul. |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ask Mithridates.
He hangeul-izes "David" in a slightly different way which might please you better. |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Writing my name in Korean |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
Anyone else have any problems?
-HE |
My name went from one to four: Steve - Suh tuh ee buh.
I don't lose any sleep over it though.
How do Koreans named �� feel when English makes them become another Lee? |
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Pangit
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Location: Puet mo.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Writing my name in Korean |
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| Free World wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
Anyone else have any problems?
-HE |
My name went from one to four: Steve - Suh tuh ee buh.
I don't lose any sleep over it though.
How do Koreans named �� feel when English makes them become another Lee? |
They don't seem to mind from what I keep telling them that they should spell it "Yi" rather than "Lee." |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I was told that after the war, in the South all the ��'s became ��'s, but I don't know why. So unless my friend is pulling my leg, apathy would be the best explanation for the continuing Romanization as 'Lee'. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| My name went from one to four: Steve - Suh tuh ee buh |
It should just be Suh Tee Buh.
This ��Ƽ�� |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| zappadelta wrote: |
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| My name went from one to four: Steve - Suh tuh ee buh |
It should just be Suh Tee Buh.
This ��Ƽ�� |
Wicked, thanks. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:31 am Post subject: |
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In one of those little flukes of nature, my 3 syllable name is.... three syllables in hangul, too. My last name, however, ends up five.  |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:38 am Post subject: |
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When my students make fun of the way that I say their names (and I DO try hard to say them correctly!!), I explain that GWYNETH PALTROW sounds NOTHING like the way THEY pronounce it!!! That pretty much shuts them up!!  |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| ajuma wrote: |
| When my students make fun of the way that I say their names (and I DO try hard to say them correctly!!), I explain that GWYNETH PALTROW sounds NOTHING like the way THEY pronounce it!!! That pretty much shuts them up!! |
Yeah, true!
At home when I was teaching, I had a Korean adult student repeat himself saying what he thought was GWYNETH, except all I kept hearing was GUINNESS  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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������ means "daisy" in Korean. (konglish it seems)
����Ʈ means "a date" as in going on a date. (more konglish it seems)
Not sure why they might find it funny. Maybe your name sounds like daisy or date to them. |
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PolyChronic Time Girl
Joined: 15 Dec 2004
Location: Korea Exited
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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I changed my maiden name, so now here in the States, my Korean name takes the romanization spelling "Lim" but in Korea it is pronounced "eem." I kind of don't like how my new name is pronounced here in the States...I feel like an arm or a leg(lim as in limb)....but my new Korean name is ten times better than my old maiden name  |
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