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that guy
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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: Konglish of the year award goes to... |
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Looking at Korea by statistics
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| The Republic of Korea is the world-wide 5th nuclear atomic energy powerful country which possesses the nuclear power plant.. |
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that guy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| More of these gems here |
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kalkamagi
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: Re: Konglish of the year award goes to... |
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| The Republic of Korea is the world-wide 5th nuclear atomic energy powerful country which possesses the nuclear power plant.. |
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That's crazy. Everybody knows it's 6th. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| With an eye toward avoiding an all-out nuclear arms race in East Asia, I sincerely hope they don't set up us the bomb. |
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that guy
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TiGrBaLm
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: |
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4900TEN THOUSAND
amount of seizures you will experience watching that video
PS: How many of those "world famous" Koreans could you identify?
I got 3, so apparently the Republic loves me a lot
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| "Is knowing you one only? If it is like that and the Republic of Korea is loving you already" |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Wow that first video is incredible.
So, Korea makes steel, ships, semiconductors, nuclear power and automobiles? And a handful of Koreans have gone on to do great things in the world? I just don't understand the point. Videos like this, even without the wanton Konglishy, just make Korea look bad, not good. Ooh look at us!!!! No one wear that pendant well. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Pick up The Korean Times or the Korean Herald if you want to read some really good Konglish |
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that guy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:58 am Post subject: |
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What makes this so fun is that it was a government sponsored competition.
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The Korean Overseas Information Service (KOIS) announced the winners of its first annual video contest, held from Feb. 16 to March 15, which asked participants to submit self-made entries under the theme of ``Dynamic Korea.''
The judges selected six out of the 279 entries _ submitted by 146 participants, including 64 foreigners _ for the top prizes, and named another 31 videos as honorable mentions.
The event was jointly organized by Internet company NHN, the operator of Korea's most popular search engine, Naver.com (www.naver.com).
Among the six winners, ``Looking at Korea by Statistics,'' submitted by an Internet user with an ID of ``sexyboba,'' scored the highest among judges. The video combines images and text for a quick rundown of the country's geography, demography, economy, culture and other basic information that are broken down by numbers. |
I wonder how bad the other ones were? sexyboba  |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:30 am Post subject: |
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"The Republic of Korea possesses a 1st mobile phone technique"
Yep, its such a good technique, that you can't a use a phone from another country here! |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| TiGrBaLm wrote: |
4900PS: How many of those "world famous" Koreans could you identify?
I got 3, so apparently the Republic loves me a lot
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I also got 3. BOA, Ban kimoon and Park Chan Ho. Same, same?
That was really definitely world Konglishy most number 1. |
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seattlespew
Joined: 01 Mar 2006
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think that in the OP qualifies as Konglish. Rather, it's just a very bad attempt at English by a Korean who's been studying for....oh, 15 years?
Konglish is when Korean borrows an English word and it takes on a new, Korean meaning....like 써비스.
It's quite right however to say that the vid contains some comical English and is an excellent advertisement for potential English teachers.
Nice song in the vid too. They ripped off Ice Cube's 'Today was a good day' but it's a great track so no matter. |
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leebumlik69
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: DiRectly above you. Pissing Down
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| More of these gems here |
None of them are funny and also aren't particularly good examples of Konglish. |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
Yep, its such a good technique, that you can't a use a phone from another country here! |
Although I love ripping on Korea as much as the next expat, this is actually a good thing. Korea and Japan have better networks than basically the rest of the world, which is why their phones won't work on American/European networks. |
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