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Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 13:44:01
July 29 2011 13:43 GMT
#1
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?

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Flaunt
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
New Zealand784 Posts
July 29 2011 13:47 GMT
#2
It isn't one word -.-
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don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
July 29 2011 13:48 GMT
#3
Maybe he wanted his ID to be DongRaeGu and not DongNaeGu?
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rolfe
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
July 29 2011 13:51 GMT
#4
Out of interest what does it mean?
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Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
July 29 2011 13:55 GMT
#5
Actually the accepted romanization for the actual borough of busan is DongNaeGu, as you say. I translated it as DongNaeGu after seeing it on the official website when he first popped up on top of the ladder, since his bnet id is in hangul. however he did choose DongRaeGu when asked by gom to provide an official ID, so ever since then I've given up arguing about it.
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Kaiwa
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2209 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 14:01:58
July 29 2011 13:55 GMT
#6
동래구 doesn't mean anything as far as I know. It's just a name ^^

Edit: Fun fact, it's apparently a city in South Korea as well (Google maps link)

And there it is romanized as DongNaeGu
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25986 Posts
July 29 2011 13:56 GMT
#7
I've seen both romanizations. Some signs say Jong-ro-3-ga, some say Jong-no-3-ga.
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enecateReAP
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom378 Posts
July 29 2011 14:02 GMT
#8
I think he said in an interview that it was his hometown or something similar?
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awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
July 29 2011 14:05 GMT
#9
My Korean girlfriend pronounced it as DongRaeGoo
Also if you look up Mizu's hangul lessons, you would come to the same conclusion. Is there a certain rule when a circle is next to ㄹ it turns into an N sound?
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
July 29 2011 14:12 GMT
#10
On July 29 2011 23:05 awu25 wrote:
My Korean girlfriend pronounced it as DongRaeGoo
Also if you look up Mizu's hangul lessons, you would come to the same conclusion. Is there a certain rule when a circle is next to ㄹ it turns into an N sound?

As far as I'm aware, yes. There are other rules where sounds change, e.g. ㄴ + ㄹ = ㄹ + ㄹ. A super common one being ㅂ + ㄴ = ㅁ + ㄴ (think 입니다). Equally so, I'd imagine that there are exceptions or as Chill has said, maybe some Koreans just say it as is, without changing the consonants.
OopsOopsBaby
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Singapore3425 Posts
July 29 2011 14:15 GMT
#11
when the street fighter voice comes out, it is pronounced dongnaegu.
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Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
July 29 2011 14:17 GMT
#12
On July 29 2011 22:43 Suc wrote:
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?


I literally just read this and I was like "this rule exists?" and then I read DRG's name out loud and I realized I pronounced it DongNaeGu lol

Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
July 29 2011 14:21 GMT
#13
Well we have a good interview question for MLG Anaheim now.
Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-29 14:39:38
July 29 2011 14:35 GMT
#14
On July 29 2011 23:17 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 22:43 Suc wrote:
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?


I literally just read this and I was like "this rule exists?" and then I read DRG's name out loud and I realized I pronounced it DongNaeGu lol


That's what you get for being a native speaker, tsk tsk.

On July 29 2011 23:21 Whole wrote:
Well we have a good interview question for MLG Anaheim now.

I hope Milkis or someone can get the answer then, I'm really curious :D
turdburgler
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
England6749 Posts
July 29 2011 14:43 GMT
#15
On July 29 2011 23:17 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 22:43 Suc wrote:
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?


I literally just read this and I was like "this rule exists?" and then I read DRG's name out loud and I realized I pronounced it DongNaeGu lol



you're journalistic standards just arent high enough to translate his name
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
July 29 2011 14:52 GMT
#16
On July 29 2011 23:43 turdburgler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 23:17 Milkis wrote:
On July 29 2011 22:43 Suc wrote:
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?


I literally just read this and I was like "this rule exists?" and then I read DRG's name out loud and I realized I pronounced it DongNaeGu lol



you're journalistic standards just arent high enough to translate his name


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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51489 Posts
July 29 2011 15:01 GMT
#17
On July 29 2011 23:15 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
when the street fighter voice comes out, it is pronounced dongnaegu.


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ShloobeR
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Korea (South)3815 Posts
July 29 2011 15:08 GMT
#18
I heard that DRG is from 동래구 in (DongRae district) in Busan. so he just took that name.
So the Hangeul uses 'ㄹ' but it's pronounced 'ㄴ'

It's pretty common in Korean, a good example is 왕십리 (Wangsimni), which would directly be romanised as 'Wangsibri' (but it's not)
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Virtue
Profile Joined July 2010
United States318 Posts
July 29 2011 15:20 GMT
#19
On July 29 2011 23:17 Milkis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 29 2011 22:43 Suc wrote:
I was wondering if a Korean speaker could help me out here. For his ID in hangeul, 동래구, wouldn't you pronounce it 동내구 because ㅇ and ㄹ are next to each other? If this is true, wouldn't this make his ID DongNaeGu, instead of DongRaeGu, or do you just disregard situational pronunciation when romanising and just treat each character as its own?


I literally just read this and I was like "this rule exists?" and then I read DRG's name out loud and I realized I pronounced it DongNaeGu lol


My korean teacher had the same kind of reaction when I asked her about all of the rules. I referenced the names they give each one in the book and she didn't know what I was talking about until she looked at the words. She just said,"I'm glad I just know how to pronounce these from growing up speaking the language. There are too many little rules to remember!"
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
July 29 2011 15:37 GMT
#20
I don't know the exact rules (or whether official rules exist on a book or something) but in a normal conversation I'd pronounce it Dong-Nae-Gu.
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