I am sorry for making British Wales people and Australian New South Wales people the Warring Whales. My apologies go to peace loving Whales for making them Rugby playing Wales.<div><br></div><div>I love them all.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Yoo Kwang-On<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:39 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Afostercarter@aol.com" target="_blank">Afostercarter@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="4">Dear friends and colleagues:</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">The omission of a letter H in this subject line might
create</font></div>
<div><font size="4">the erroneous impression that a certain principality in
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<div><font size="4">the British isles, long under the English yoke, is
among</font></div>
<div><font size="4">those harbouring aggressive intentions towards
Korea.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Perish the thought! The Welsh are a peace-loving
nation.</font></div>
<div><font size="4">(Unless you are unwise enough to play rugby against
them.)</font></div>
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<div><font size="4"><em><strong>Wledydd bychain y byd, yn
uno!</strong></em></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Cheers,</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">A Fellow-Celt</font></div>
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<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Aidan
Foster-Carter<u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><i><span style="font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB">Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK</span></i><span style="font-family:Cambria"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><em><span style="font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB">E</span></em><span style="font-family:Cambria" lang="EN-GB">: <a title="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com" href="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com" target="_blank">afostercarter@aol.com</a><span> </span><a title="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com" href="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com" target="_blank">afostercarter@yahoo.com</a><span> </span><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria">W</span></em>: <a title="http://www.aidanfc.net/" href="http://www.aidanfc.net/" target="_blank">www.aidanfc.net</a><span>
</span><u></u><u></u></span></font></p><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-GB">W in Korea:<span>
</span></span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman';FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html" target="_blank">http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html</a></span></div>
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<div>In a message dated 6/30/2012 19:30:45 GMT Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:almakoreana@gmail.com" target="_blank">almakoreana@gmail.com</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Hello
All, <br>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px">This
ballad became very popular among Korean children soon after Japan's
surrender(August 15, 1945), Russia's advance to North Korea(August 1945) and
America's march into the South(September 1945). </span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px">The
ballad reflects</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px"> the
exact geopolitical situation Korea had been facing for
centuries. </span></div>
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"CHOSUN,
BE AWARE!"</span></h1>
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<span style="PADDING-RIGHT:10px"> BALLAD OF A SHRIMP CRUSHED BY WARRING
WHALES</span></h1>
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<span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px"><b> "조</b>선아 <b>조</b>심해라!" "
Chosun, Be Aware!</span><b> " </b> </div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY:arial,sans-serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);FONT-SIZE:12px">
<p><b> 미</b>국을 <b>믿</b>지 말고,
Don't Believe America,</p>
<p><b> 소</b>련에 <b>속</b>지 마라!
Don't Be Cheated by Russia! </p>
<p><b style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">
조</b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">선아 </span><b style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">조</b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">심해라,
Chosun, Be Aware, </span></p>
<p><b> 일</b>본은 <b>일</b>어선다!
Japan Will Rise Again!
</p>
<p> <b style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">조</b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">선아 </span><b style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">조</b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px">심해자,
Chosun, Be Alert,</span></p>
<p>
<b>중</b>국에 <b>중</b>화될라! China May Absorb You!</p>
<p> ( Last two lines were added
later.)</p>
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<p>A few reasons for it's popularity may have been that, the
ballad rhymes perfectly in Korean line by line. Also the 3-4, 3-4
pattern matches the familiar Korean Sijo(시조) form. </p></blockquote>
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