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United States10774 Posts
On September 20 2004 18:27 iLoveLulu wrote: Nal_rA didn't choose his nickname, his team leader (When he Join Nal) choose that for him =P
Interesting, what you all say, ^^ I'm learning :D
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How to pronunce this: Requiem - Ri-ki-em ? Nostalgia - Nos-tel-giah ?
Correct.
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On September 20 2004 18:27 iLoveLulu wrote: Nal_rA didn't choose his nickname, his team leader (When he Join Nal) choose that for him =P
Interesting, what you all say, ^^ I'm learning :D
Edit:
How to pronunce this: Requiem - Ri-ki-em ? Nostalgia - Nos-tel-giah ?
These are English words, look them up on m-w.com and they will have a pronunciation button next to the word.
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On September 20 2004 18:03 1024MB wrote: While we're on the topic of Korean names I'd also like to point out to those of you who don't know that in English, whenever you see an "i" in a Korean name it is always pronounced "EEEEE" as in "beam." For example Kim is not pronounced Kim as in "it" but it sounds more like KEEEM or GEEEM.
Also, all As are pronounced AHHH like the a in "hahaha" Not AYYYY.
Often you will hear journalists totally butcher Korean (and other Asian) names. It makes me upset.
For example the other day I was watching the news and they were talking about a Dr. named Dr. Wang. This is not pronounced "Wayng" as in "way" but rather "WAHng." Watch the BoxeR vs Joyo VOD to see what I am talking about. Joyo's name is Do Jin Kwang (also spelled Doh Jin Kwang). Listen to how they pronounce that.
It annoys me so much when journalists do that.
It annoys me too, join the club.
What annoys me further is that Koreans changed their names so English speakers could better pronounce it but they still suck at it.
But it doesn't bother me to the point where I go around yelling and correcting people about it. Everywhere people call me ' K-ang ' like ' Angry ' and it's pointless trying to get them to say ' Ghang ' Plus Kang is cooler most of the time.
Except for this one time in 5th grade....
Damn that faggot.
' Alex Kang lost his wang when the telephone rang '
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ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG
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On September 20 2004 18:54 Casper... wrote: ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG ALEX KANG LOST HIS WANG WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG
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Sweden33719 Posts
Bah didn't see there was a second page answering what I answered in this thread!
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it's the same with chinese also.
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Well they pronouce my last name "Kong" as in King Kong but i have no problem with it =)
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about the syllables this is what i learned in middle skool when i was here in korea. China back then in the old times were like the big brother to korea. and since names are based on chinese chracters. (so this is before korea had hangul) the chinese would use 2 chinese characters to write their name and korea would use 3. korea passed on chinese chracters to japan. and since korea taught japan and we use 3 chracters japanese people use 4 characters to write their name.
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Chinese mainly use 3 characters for their names. The first one is the family name, and is sort of equivelant to the last names in English. Very rarely, a person may have a name with 2 characters or 4 characters. I have never heard of any Chinese person with 1, 5, or more characters in their name.
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Koreans and Japanese were descendants of chinese werent they?
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On September 20 2004 18:53 Abyss_Bahamut wrote: Show nested quote +On September 20 2004 18:03 1024MB wrote: While we're on the topic of Korean names I'd also like to point out to those of you who don't know that in English, whenever you see an "i" in a Korean name it is always pronounced "EEEEE" as in "beam." For example Kim is not pronounced Kim as in "it" but it sounds more like KEEEM or GEEEM.
Also, all As are pronounced AHHH like the a in "hahaha" Not AYYYY.
Often you will hear journalists totally butcher Korean (and other Asian) names. It makes me upset.
For example the other day I was watching the news and they were talking about a Dr. named Dr. Wang. This is not pronounced "Wayng" as in "way" but rather "WAHng." Watch the BoxeR vs Joyo VOD to see what I am talking about. Joyo's name is Do Jin Kwang (also spelled Doh Jin Kwang). Listen to how they pronounce that.
It annoys me so much when journalists do that. It annoys me too, join the club. What annoys me further is that Koreans changed their names so English speakers could better pronounce it but they still suck at it. But it doesn't bother me to the point where I go around yelling and correcting people about it. Everywhere people call me ' K-ang ' like ' Angry ' and it's pointless trying to get them to say ' Ghang ' Plus Kang is cooler most of the time. Except for this one time in 5th grade.... Damn that faggot. ' Alex Kang lost his wang when the telephone rang '
not as bad as linh-dang...
that gay little rhyme song that starts oooh eeee oooh ah ah well heres how my friend changed it... oooh eeee ooooh ah ah linh dang never gonna get banged oooh eeeee oooh ah ah linh dangs never gonna get banged! -_-;;;;;;;; the class sang that too embarrasing and it was in highschool wtf!
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On September 20 2004 22:15 Only)blue wrote: Koreans and Japanese were descendants of chinese werent they?
no
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MURICA15980 Posts
There are some exceptions to the common 3 sylybles in Korean names, but almost all the names stick to that. Like my brother has 4, but that's even rarer than 2, kinda like Kang-Min (nal_ra) has.
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fobbish u wouldnt know, are you asian?
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On September 20 2004 18:32 OneOther wrote: Show nested quote +On September 20 2004 18:27 iLoveLulu wrote: Nal_rA didn't choose his nickname, his team leader (When he Join Nal) choose that for him =P
Interesting, what you all say, ^^ I'm learning :D
Edit:
How to pronunce this: Requiem - Ri-ki-em ? Nostalgia - Nos-tel-giah ?
Correct.
not really
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i like to say Gamei "Game-Eee" just sounds cooler, even if its pronounced wrong..
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