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Oh, Konglish

Mon, 05/06/2013 - 11:33 — JPD does ROK

Oh, “Konglish.” They try so hard, bless them.

Truth is, they probably don’t. I compared this one time with a Korean friend to when westerners get tattoos with some kind of foreign language to show how hard they are. Will it really matter if the Korean characters are a little off when you’re showing it off in, say, New Jersey? Think about it: dark and dork might be worlds apart in meaning, but in terms of them visually, they’re not so distant, are they? Exactly.

Here is a selection of gems I got just in casual shooting over the last several months. There will certainly be more, much more to come should I actually make an effort.

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Taste and enjoy your happy time.

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All Kill

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 02:01 — chrissantosra

 

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Questionable English Photo of the Day

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 09:04 — meganpeet


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Mmm Pussy?

Thu, 09/06/2012 - 18:11 — The Kimchi Queen

Gotta love konglish


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LOL Korea~ International Gigolo

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 19:12 — Elle

At the mall with his girlfriend ^^;;; I wonder if he knows what it means…

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Cocks in Korea

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 22:56 — Elle

Well that sounds DELIGHTFUL!

Yay cocks!

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Advanced Stand-Alone Space

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 11:44 — Elle

Advanced Stand-Alone Space

Saw this poster for private party rooms.  These are common in many areas here in Korea, they are just little individual rooms for you and your friends or date to drink and mingle!  Some are host club situations with ladies waiting to join you (for a price), but some are not.  I don’t think this actually was a service girl host bar, but they sure made it sound like something sketchy with the Konglish.

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The best CVS in the world

Tue, 06/05/2012 - 01:40 — Elle

The best CVS in the world is a 7-11 you say?

Maybe just the best in Korea.

(From my friend Tara in Changwon ♥)

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How to live WHITE

Tue, 05/29/2012 - 01:07 — Elle

How? I dunno… I hear you need something like a 401K, Mini van, and terrible dancing skills. Right?

This is apparently a slogan to promote the new white version of this phone. OKAAAAAY~

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You may get hurt from very dynamic adventure

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 23:51 — Elle

Amusing sign before coaster ride at Lotte World theme park.

Half the signs in the park yell at me to stretch before rides… do people really cramp up?

How about you warn me to keep my arms and legs in the ride at all times instead? If they are all stretched and nimble it will not do me much good when one gets clopped off because I’m flailing around in the coaster. lol

Why does Lotte world have so much Konglish even though its a major theme-park in Seoul? Lol seriously… hire a teacher down the road to fix that.

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English, You will make it do the things

Mon, 05/14/2012 - 17:10 — Elle

 

“We all have our own ability. The difference is how we use it If it’s your limit, you can’t exceed it; If you exceed it, it’s not your limit”

This lovely WTF konglish comes from my friend Tara down in Changwon, its a snap-shot of a school notebook here lmao

the 0dd English + spacing mixed with the odd photos is perfect.  Actually, I see more funny konglish/engrish that come from weird spacing/line breaks of stuff on things like this VS just crazy English like the 1990′s here. Is that an improvement?

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You have died of dysentery

Mon, 05/07/2012 - 23:56 — Elle

LOL WUT?

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RUN AWAY

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 11:06 — Elle

UM DUH.

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Strive for your fresh

Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:07 — Elle

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Came upon this amusing banner for a gym the other day. Konglish in action.. the kind that makes you just go “whaaa?”

Sounds like a mint gum slogan… not someplace you are going to get all sweaty (-_-;)

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The Cúpla Focail: words, translation, creation.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 13:46 — conor_o_reilly

I’m no linguist, but I love language. I love how language has formed into a universal description of a particular aspect of the world that surrounds you. It’s amazing. But, I’m no expert, and I couldn’t sit here and describe why this is the case and how it happened. I don’t understand it well enough. In fact the only language I could arguably claim to understand is English. And even that level of understanding is rudimentary. But, a bit like watching science happen, this is why I love language.

Just seeing language happen and seeing it function, and then having particular aspects explained, especially things like idioms, really wets my pants with excitement. Irish people, for reasons I won’t go into now, are known for their use of language, be it the gift of the gab, poetry, or basically telling some poor misfortunate what you think of them in sixteen different ways, and none of them being either pleasant, complimentary, or suitable for young ears.

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