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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: Hi, Seoul! and Korea Sparkling |
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Last night my Korean reporter friend called and said he wants to write a piece on slogans/mottos that foreigners think are bad, silly or nonsense. The one he had, "Happy Birthday, (Company Name), wasn't that bad. He asked me for examples and I could only come up with the two in the title.
In my opinion, Hub of Asia doesn't fit because it makes grammatical sense.
Are there others? |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Just focus on the Korea Sparkling, it's atrocious. |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Bravo Your Life ...  |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Hi, Seoul! and Korea Sparkling |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Last night my Korean reporter friend called and said he wants to write a piece on slogans/mottos that foreigners think are bad, silly or nonsense. The one he had, "Happy Birthday, (Company Name), wasn't that bad. He asked me for examples and I could only come up with the two in the title.
In my opinion, Hub of Asia doesn't fit because it makes grammatical sense.
Are there others? |
You are friends with a Korean reporter? I bet you have mates in the Sudanese and Burmese Juntas as well. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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they've had this ad on CNN recently: 'come to Seoul and shake up your soul.'
WTF? shake up your soul? |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| There's a clothes shop in Myeong-Dong (I believe its part of a chain) called "There's.....Spin your stuff!" |
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xenok
Joined: 03 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| the one that annoys me to no end is instead of "Grand Opening" everywhere you go, it's "Grand Open". there's "Happy Suwon" but i think you would find most city slogans either grammatically incorrect and/or lame. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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"Follow your H" (not counting the non-sensicality of the phrase, in Japan, "H" refers to being a perv)
"It's Daejeon!" (it's a shit slogan!)
EDIT: How could any of us not put "Be the Reds!" on this list?
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| In my opinion, Hub of Asia doesn't fit because it makes grammatical sense. |
Sure, grammatical sense, but not logical sense. It's ridiculous to think Korea is a hub of ANYTHING. Not like you need them, but how many examples you want?
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: Hi, Seoul! and Korea Sparkling |
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dbl post
Last edited by Young FRANKenstein on Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:32 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Not quite a slogan, but the name of Doosan's apartment complex..."We've" is absolutely retarded.
Dare to be the Purple is also pretty bad. |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Happy Suwon |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
EDIT: How could any of us not put "Be the Reds!" on this list?
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And the highly amusing follow up, "Again dream". |
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freshking
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| In many department stores, the young men's section is called the "Dandy Club." ... on second thought maybe that one is a good fit. |
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cwaddell
Joined: 23 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Reds Go Together! Go where exactly?
Plus, why do they insist on calling themselves the Reds? I bought the Korea footy top last year, and it's clearly salmon pink. |
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