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| Which slogan/phrase do you like the least? |
| Be the Reds. (WC 2002) |
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10% |
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| Reds go together. (WC 2006) |
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15% |
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| Dae--- Han Min Guk! (24/7) |
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45% |
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| Goal in! |
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20% |
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| Taeguk Warriors |
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10% |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:56 am Post subject: Which slogan/phrase do you like the least? |
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| Which of these is your least favorite phrase. All are somewhat related to the WC. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| korea fighting/highting of course. Jesus, man, how could you forget that? |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:05 am Post subject: |
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I don't know. Reds Go Together, probably. Still better than "Again 2002". Why again? Why not something like, say, "Better than 2002"? Or that shirt with ABC. I forget what the letters stand for.
My favourite, though, is "We are twelfth." Does anyone know what's up with that?
anyway, I have nothing really against Korea's World Cup obsession. But if they MUST use English in their slogans, I do wish they could come up with at least ONE that makes any sense at all. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Lizara wrote: |
| anyway, I have nothing really against Korea's World Cup obsession. But if they MUST use English in their slogans, I do wish they could come up with at least ONE that makes any sense at all. |
Exactly, it just takes asking one foreigner the question "Will this make us look silly around English people, or is this good"
I always wonder what people think when they see Koreans out in the thousands spelling 'Corea' |
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Peter Jackson
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:17 am Post subject: All of em |
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| They all pretty much get on my nerves. But I'd have to say DaeHanMingook is the worst...especially with that annoying pointing thing they do! What IS that? |
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Free World
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Drake Hotel
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| Lizara wrote: |
| My favourite, though, is "We are twelfth." Does anyone know what's up with that? |
 I have a bandana with that on it. It came free with the purchase of my "Let's Go Korea" shirt.
I don't know for sure but I assume it means the fans are like an extra person on the Korean team. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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I've never heard Taeguk Warriors before. Taeguk is Thailand, right? That's kinda strange.
I totally agree with Lizara. All the hype is fine, whatever -- I'm from America, land of piledriving every nice concept into the ground until everyone wants to vomit from it. So I'm used to sensationalization. But man, surely at least someone on the creative teams designing these slogans has a friend who speaks English natively! Can't they just ask?
My students told me about another slogan today: We are the one. I asked for translation in Korean of what it's supposed to mean, and of course "the" is out of place and totally changes the meaning.
Anyway, I voted Dae~~~~~ Han min guk as the most annoying. Anyone walking around chanting the name of their country is a chump, sorry. If I saw someone doing that in the US I'd throw the nearest flammable object at their head. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| Lizara wrote: |
My favourite, though, is "We are twelfth." Does anyone know what's up with that?
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Another Konglish reference to the Korean supporters being "the twelfth man". |
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LL Moonmanhead
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Location: yo momma
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| Korean fans have been by far the best in the tournament. Any other teams fans would have got sick of chanting after such a lacklustre display, but the koreans kept plugging away. |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Lizara wrote: |
My favourite, though, is "We are twelfth." Does anyone know what's up with that?
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Another Konglish reference to the Korean supporters being "the twelfth man". |
Ah. We thought it might be a slightly more realistic assessment of their World Cup hopes... anyway, I'm going to keep thinking of it that way because it amuses me more... |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| I LOVE THEM ALL! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!!! |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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I've never heard Taeguk Warriors before. Taeguk is Thailand, right? That's kinda strange.
I totally agree with Lizara. All the hype is fine, whatever -- I'm from America, land of piledriving every nice concept into the ground until everyone wants to vomit from it. So I'm used to sensationalization. But man, surely at least someone on the creative teams designing these slogans has a friend who speaks English natively! Can't they just ask?
My students told me about another slogan today: We are the one. I asked for translation in Korean of what it's supposed to mean, and of course "the" is out of place and totally changes the meaning.
Anyway, I voted Dae~~~~~ Han min guk as the most annoying. Anyone walking around chanting the name of their country is a chump, sorry. If I saw someone doing that in the US I'd throw the nearest flammable object at their head. |
Yea, 태국 is Thailand.
They are referring to 태극, as in 태극기, the flag. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| That one song is pretty annoying also "We are the Champions, oh we, are the Champions." What are they the champions of? |
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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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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Be the Reds. (WC 2002) |
Still seems like commie propaganda
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| Reds go together. (WC 2006) |
omfg.... r/l pronunciation, t/d english laziness... turns the phrase "Let's go together" rancid... but the teacher in me likes it, i've bought the jersey and use it in classes
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| Dae--- Han Min Guk! (24/7) |
damn catchy... i actually find myself liking it, especially the beats that go with it... but I say "Dae Ha Waygook" 
That's fine. "Shoot!" is more irritating as it sounds like the announcer is coaching. "heading" too.
eh. not much to say for or against it. limp. now "Fighting!" is something that provokes reaction: ambivalence: sometimes I like it, as it reflects the korean character in some ways, yet sometimes i don't like it when think of the "iesh!" levels i hear regularly |
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