<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">I fear that Charles Muller's seorry tale also has a more general lesson<BR>
about falling standards at publishers; yea, even the university presses<BR>
of our most ancient seats of learning.<BR>
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Or just one in particular? For it was also Oxford UP who published<BR>
Jasper Becker's book on North Korea, "Rogue Regime". <BR>
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As anyone who has read it will be aware, this highly polemical work<BR>
does not strengthen its case by giving the impression of never having <BR>
seen an editor's pencil at all. Names are mangled, and the founding year <BR>
of the Republic of Korea is twice given as 1945. Makes you think.<BR>
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cheers<BR>
Aidan FC<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER<BR>
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In a message dated 30/10/2005 17:28:49 GMT Standard Time, cmuller-lst@jj.em-net.ne.jp writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>[KS] Korean romanizations perplexities (again) </B><BR>
Date:30/10/2005 17:28:49 GMT Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:cmuller-lst@jj.em-net.ne.jp">cmuller-lst@jj.em-net.ne.jp</A><BR>
Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A><BR>
To:<A HREF="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A><BR>
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Apropros of our never-ending discussions on Korean romanization, I<BR>
have an unfortunate but telling story to tell.<BR>
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As some of you know, I am one of the few oddballs who wholeheartedly<BR>
embraced the New Romanization System, using it in most of my work<BR>
since shortly after its promulgation.<BR>
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I was recently asked to contribute an article (on Gihwa and the _Ogahae<BR>
seorui_) to an Oxford volume entitled _Zen Classics_, in which I used<BR>
the new romanization system as usual, including an explanatory note.<BR>
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Unfortunately, unknown to me (I never saw the proofs before<BR>
publication) some editor along the way apparently decided to change<BR>
all the Korean words that he/she recognized (Son, Wonhyo, etc) to<BR>
McCune-Reischauer. The end result, of course, is an inexplicable<BR>
admixture between the two systems. So, just in case any listmembers or<BR>
their colleagues happens to read that piece, please know that I am not<BR>
getting prematurely addled in the brain. It does tell us something, I<BR>
think, about the continued low level awareness of things Korean in<BR>
western academia!<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Chuck<BR>
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Charles Muller <BR>
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Toyo Gakuen University<BR>
Faculty of Humanities <BR>
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Chiba 270-0161 JAPAN<BR>
Mobile Phone: 090-9310-1787<BR>
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