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Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 13:28:56
September 20 2004 13:28 GMT
#41
the chinese history is longer is it not?

japanese is for sure they use chinese 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 13:44 GMT
#42
Japanese have some characters that are same and similar, but have a different language.
Only)blue
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada113 Posts
September 20 2004 13:48 GMT
#43
obviously. they copied it from chinese.
boxer vs joyo..fat joyo looked like crap before he played.....fat joyo looked like crap AFTER he played.
Minam_Lee
Profile Joined July 2004
Korea (South)59 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 14:33:18
September 20 2004 14:31 GMT
#44
On September 20 2004 09:41 Fedaykin wrote:
nal ra is not his real name

Nal_ra's name is kang min, which is 'diffrent' since most korean names have a 2 syllable 'first name', and a 1 syllable family name, I think there's been a threat about this.

but, in names we all know:

Hong Jin-ho
Lim Yo-Hwan
Jang Jin-su

The first are family names the other are given names, if I remember correctly


actually boxer is Yim yo hwan
not Lim
and also Lee => Yi
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12248 Posts
September 20 2004 14:32 GMT
#45
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 ?


Rehk-wee-um
Nohs-tahl-juh
Moderator
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
September 20 2004 14:36 GMT
#46
requiem and nostalgia are english words
[BOyGiRl]ShaRp
Profile Joined July 2004
Korea (S)1912 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 14:41:41
September 20 2004 14:40 GMT
#47
Okay,,, lets learn about Korean names. Bahamut has the right idea about Korean names. Most of them are three syllables but sometimes there are names with two syllables or four syllables. Korean names are composed of a surname (Park, Kim, Lee, Kang) and a name. Korean names are very special in that they have meanings. The surname, like America, is usually dependant on where your ancestors used to live. For example if you are a Mr. Lee, you can suspect that your ancestors come from a city called Kwang Ju, or a few other places. In my case, My surname is An, and since An is not a widespread name, all an's come from a city called Sun-Hung.

And your name also has a meaning too. Most Korean letters are based on Chinese characters and have meanings to it. In my case my name is An-Young-Soo. Young means a road, and Soo means extravagant. So my name means extravagant road; my grandparents wanted my road of life to be extravagant thus my name. Bahamut, your name Chul Min has a meaning too, ask your parents, its really fun to find out. One of my favorite names is Dong-il, which means number one in the east. My friend has that name and he told me his parents gave him the name because they want him to become the number one man in east asia. Anyways, that how Korean names are made.

And to add to that, putting -a or -e next to a name is used for calling. But you only put -e or -a when you call a name that ends with a consonant, and you can only use -ya with a name that ends with a vowel. For example; Chul-Min-a, Chul-Min-e, Young-Soo-ya.
Hexatron Bba!!
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
September 20 2004 15:38 GMT
#48
That's cool.
Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
September 20 2004 15:39 GMT
#49
On September 20 2004 23:31 Minam_Lee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 20 2004 09:41 Fedaykin wrote:
nal ra is not his real name

Nal_ra's name is kang min, which is 'diffrent' since most korean names have a 2 syllable 'first name', and a 1 syllable family name, I think there's been a threat about this.

but, in names we all know:

Hong Jin-ho
Lim Yo-Hwan
Jang Jin-su

The first are family names the other are given names, if I remember correctly


actually boxer is Yim yo hwan
not Lim
and also Lee => Yi





Reluctant as I am to question a statement by someone from Korea on the subject of a Korean name... I cannot understand why you say it is 'Yim'. I can read Korean and speak it conversationally and I have seen Boxer's name written down on hundreds of occasions. I cannot see any reason to believe there should be anything resembling an English 'y' sound at the start. I have also spoken with countless Koreans about Boxer and never heard any of them pronounce it with a 'y' sound. Same goes for 'Lee' and 'Yi'.

If I have missed something here I would be grateful to know more about it.
We are vigilant.
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
September 20 2004 15:42 GMT
#50
Requiem-> Rek-Wee-Em

Arbiter[frolix]-> ARBITERFROLIX
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
September 20 2004 15:43 GMT
#51
and the 'a' in 'Nost ->a<- lgia is pronounced like in "pal" not like in "tall"
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
September 20 2004 15:44 GMT
#52
On September 21 2004 00:42 Rt-S.FakeSteve wrote:
Requiem-> Rek-Wee-Em

Arbiter[frolix]-> ARBITERFROLIX


Yes, it must be pronounced in a suitably menacing tone, conveyed by those written capitals.
We are vigilant.
ram
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Lithuania602 Posts
September 20 2004 16:11 GMT
#53
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


British people would pronounce it correctly
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33608 Posts
September 20 2004 16:15 GMT
#54
Yi still sounds closer the Lee -.-

Ee looks weird -.-
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
ram
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Lithuania602 Posts
September 20 2004 16:25 GMT
#55
oh, [BOyGiRl]ShaRp, then it means that bigface nal_rock is from your town, right? (An Ki Ho) -__-;

and about Lim, I just pronounce it as Im, but why you say Yim?

And another thing is about Suma Go, why koreans say Shuma Go? I know that 's' before 'i' is pronounced as 'sh', but before 'u'

And, btw, it would be nice to know what does progamer names mean
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
September 20 2004 16:30 GMT
#56
On September 21 2004 01:25 ram wrote:
And, btw, it would be nice to know what does progamer names mean


There was an entire thread on that somewhere around here... try using the search function, should be either the General or Brood War forum iirc.
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Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
September 20 2004 16:32 GMT
#57
On September 21 2004 01:15 Waxangel wrote:
Yi still sounds closer the Lee -.-

Ee looks weird -.-


Well yeah, in that there is no 'l' sound in it at all. But then the romanisation as 'Lee' dates back to the original written and spoken form which was changed during the 20th century, doesn't it Wax?
We are vigilant.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33608 Posts
September 20 2004 16:46 GMT
#58
hoho, I dunno about the history of Korean in relation to its conversion to alphabet characters . I should ask one of my teachers.

NK Does prounounce Lee as Lee/Ree though.

I don't know exactly when the rule of dropping the R sound of some characters when they appear at the beginning of a word started though ;/

AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Arbiter[frolix]
Profile Joined January 2004
United Kingdom2674 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-09-20 17:02:59
September 20 2004 17:02 GMT
#59
I think it was some time in the late 40s or early 50s.
We are vigilant.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33608 Posts
September 20 2004 18:04 GMT
#60
I'm not so sure about that though, I think I've seen old literature that followed the modern rule
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
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