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<P>With all due respect, I think Mr. McCann is not right. Certainly the duely elected government of Korea is entilted to represent "Korea" on an issue such as what kind of romanization system that country should have. To suggest they don't have such authority is highly prejudicial and disrepectful. To suggest that the unlected despotic regime in Pyongyang has some kind of say in what system the Republic of Korea uses makes no sense whatsoever.</P>
<P>And others in this discussion, who say that this system should spell foreign words, such a "coffee", in English forget that there are many other languages in the world. Koreans say "ko-pi" so their system should reflect that pronouncation. To say they need to spell the word like we do is the height of prejudice.</P>
<P>Bill Brown</P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Gari Keith Ledyard <GKL1@COLUMBIA.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
<DIV></DIV>>To: Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [KS] Romanization tendencies in the West
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 23:33:37 -0500 (EST)
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<DIV></DIV>>Point taken, David. You're absolutely right. Attention must be paid.
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<DIV></DIV>>Gari Ledyard
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<DIV></DIV>>On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, David McCann wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > If I may, I would like to add an additional point of amplification
<DIV></DIV>> > regarding Professor Ledyard's earlier comment, which was then re-copied in
<DIV></DIV>> > Professor Palais' response; namely, where Professor Ledyard wrote "Korea
<DIV></DIV>> > has decided to go its own way," it is actually an action talken by South
<DIV></DIV>> > Korea that he -- and the discussion before and since -- is referring to.
<DIV></DIV>> > Especially at this vexing moment in U.S. relations with the peninsula, as
<DIV></DIV>> > the President of the United States seems to be doing his utmost
<DIV></DIV>> > simultaneously to undermine President Kim Dae Jung and inflame the
<DIV></DIV>> > government of North Korea, the political implications of even such mundane
<DIV></DIV>> > matters as romanization need our alert attention as scholars and students
<DIV></DIV>> > in the field of "Korean" studies. At every opportunity, that is to say, I
<DIV></DIV>> > would urge readers and contributors to this discussion to notice what we
<DIV></DIV>> > assume "Korea" is.
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<DIV></DIV>> > David McCann
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