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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: Do you hate the Wo problems? |
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Your name is not Woo-seok, your name is Oo-seok!!!!
I absolutley hate this romanization!!
Why can't they learn how to make a freakin' Woo sound and end this crap.... No more Ooman, no more Ooods and no more freaking kids name WOO-cheol or Woo-seok!
minor rant over. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:34 am Post subject: Re: Do you hate the Wo problems? |
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| Newbie wrote: |
Your name is not Woo-seok, your name is Oo-seok!!!!
I absolutley hate this romanization!!
Why can't they learn how to make a freakin' Woo sound and end this crap.... No more Ooman, no more Ooods and no more freaking kids name WOO-cheol or Woo-seok!
minor rant over. |
But then we wouldn't have the worry bank (Woori Bank).
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:57 am Post subject: |
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| This has always annoyed me too. Stupid W. You're either a vowel or a consanent. Pick a side. We're at war. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| No, I was never bothered by it. Who the heck cares? |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: |
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Well, I care, Ilsanman. The romanization of Korean is generally an abomination, but the W business is doubly stupid because (a) words such as Woori have no W sound at the beginning in Korean and (b) Koreans often cannot pronounce W when at the beginning of an English word. What's wrong with 'Oori Bank' or "Daeoo" exactly?
It must be crushed. |
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Jack_Sarang
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| Its based primarily on aesthetics. Writing "Oori Bank" looks retarded. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: |
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| There's a little something there, before the oo. It's not a full w sound, but there's something. |
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Lizara
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| Jack_Sarang wrote: |
| Its based primarily on aesthetics. Writing "Oori Bank" looks retarded. |
Talking about a ool-puh in the oods sounds retarded, too. |
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bjonothan
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
Location: All over the place
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: |
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| You make a good point, but is "seok" really much better? I think you made a valid point and then accepted another stupid thing at the same time. Korean romanisation is rediculous and even though it has improved, I hope it improves a whole lot more. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Why can't you decide if the gh is silent or an 'f' sound for cryin' out loud.
Talk about stupid romanization. English can't even get the romanization right and you want to rant on the Korean romanization.
I bet there are more romanization glitches in English than there are in Korean. The vowels are screwed up.
Korean Romanization gets it right more often than natural English. English should be Hangulized for better results.
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bjonothan
Joined: 29 Apr 2003
Location: All over the place
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:29 am Post subject: |
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That's just stupid....
It is English for God's sake... |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| cbclark4 wrote: |
Why can't you decide if the gh is silent or an 'f' sound for cryin' out loud.
Talk about stupid romanization. English can't even get the romanization right and you want to rant on the Korean romanization.
I bet there are more romanization glitches in English than there are in Korean. The vowels are screwed up.
Korean Romanization gets it right more often than natural English. English should be Hangulized for better results.
cbc |
 Korean gets English right more than English does? |
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Johnny Hamster
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| Newbie wrote: |
| cbclark4 wrote: |
Why can't you decide if the gh is silent or an 'f' sound for cryin' out loud.
Talk about stupid romanization. English can't even get the romanization right and you want to rant on the Korean romanization.
I bet there are more romanization glitches in English than there are in Korean. The vowels are screwed up.
Korean Romanization gets it right more often than natural English. English should be Hangulized for better results.
cbc |
Korean gets English right more than English does? |
Oh, I'm sorry I thought this was the English bashing thread.  |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Are you a newbie? I have given up any faith of Koreans doing ever anything correctly relating to English. You still have faith. Big mistake.
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Well, I care, Ilsanman. The romanization of Korean is generally an abomination, but the W business is doubly stupid because (a) words such as Woori have no W sound at the beginning in Korean and (b) Koreans often cannot pronounce W when at the beginning of an English word. What's wrong with 'Oori Bank' or "Daeoo" exactly?
It must be crushed. |
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