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OneOther
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States10774 Posts
September 20 2004 09:32 GMT
#21
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.
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
September 20 2004 09:51 GMT
#22
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.
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
September 20 2004 09:53 GMT
#23
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 '
Casper...
Profile Joined October 2002
Liberia4948 Posts
September 20 2004 09:54 GMT
#24
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
JAM THE FUCKER!
Casper...
Profile Joined October 2002
Liberia4948 Posts
September 20 2004 09:55 GMT
#25
ioi
JAM THE FUCKER!
1024MB
Profile Joined May 2004
United States1455 Posts
September 20 2004 09:56 GMT
#26
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


You learn from losing.
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 10:29:51
September 20 2004 10:28 GMT
#27
Bah didn't see there was a second page answering what I answered in this thread!
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Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
September 20 2004 10:37 GMT
#28
it's the same with chinese also.
boxer vs joyo..fat joyo looked like crap before he played.....fat joyo looked like crap AFTER he played.
LetMeBeWithYou
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada4254 Posts
September 20 2004 10:42 GMT
#29
Well they pronouce my last name "Kong" as in King Kong but i have no problem with it =)
All Those beneath an angry star
hustler100
Profile Joined August 2004
Korea (South)149 Posts
September 20 2004 13:03 GMT
#30
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.
Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 13:07:53
September 20 2004 13:07 GMT
#31
chinese is 3 characters.
boxer vs joyo..fat joyo looked like crap before he played.....fat joyo looked like crap AFTER he played.
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
September 20 2004 13:09 GMT
#32
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.
Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
September 20 2004 13:15 GMT
#33
Koreans and Japanese were descendants of chinese werent they?
boxer vs joyo..fat joyo looked like crap before he played.....fat joyo looked like crap AFTER he played.
OhThatDang
Profile Joined August 2004
United States4685 Posts
September 20 2004 13:16 GMT
#34
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!
troi oi thang map nai!!!
Fobbish
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Korea (South)1071 Posts
September 20 2004 13:17 GMT
#35
On September 20 2004 22:15 Only)blue wrote:
Koreans and Japanese were descendants of chinese werent they?


no
강함은 타고나는 것이 아니라 만들어 지는 것이다! - 외인구단
Klogon
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
MURICA15980 Posts
September 20 2004 13:18 GMT
#36
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.
Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
September 20 2004 13:19 GMT
#37
fobbish u wouldnt know, are you asian?
boxer vs joyo..fat joyo looked like crap before he played.....fat joyo looked like crap AFTER he played.
Fobbish
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
Korea (South)1071 Posts
September 20 2004 13:20 GMT
#38
yes
강함은 타고나는 것이 아니라 만들어 지는 것이다! - 외인구단
mindspike
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Canada1902 Posts
September 20 2004 13:20 GMT
#39
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
zerg/human - vancouver, canada
SpiriT-DemoN-
Profile Joined January 2003
United States684 Posts
September 20 2004 13:25 GMT
#40
i like to say Gamei "Game-Eee" just sounds cooler, even if its pronounced wrong..
An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind - Gandhi
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