[KS] Re: Han'gul romanization

[sangoak]

We, Korean students, have learned that Arabic traders first contacted Korean during
the KoryO
dynasty. (They might assign either 'k' or 'g' to the KoryO people and dynasty since
there are both k and g in Arabic. Someone who knows this contact in detail may add
more comments.) Later European mariners such as the Dutch and Portugese during the
ChosOn dynasty might also use either G (according to Hauguenauer's article) or K
(graphically C, too), I think.

gkl1 at columbia.edu wrote:

> >
> > My additional comment is not only 'kimchi'>'gimchi' but also 'Korean'>'Gorean'
> > should be seriously considered at this stage. We had a fun with 'Corean' and
> > how about 'G' now? Cf. 'KoryO'> 'Goryeo', 'KoguryO'>'Goguryeo', etc.
> >
> Reminds me of the old article by Charles Haguenauer:  "Encore la question
> des Gores"-- I think I have the title right, it was in Journal Asiatique
> in the 30s.  Do you think an early connection with Korea was missed (as it
> was) by early European mariners in East Asia because they used the G
> rather than the K?
>
> Gari Ledyard
>
> > SOL
> >
> > rjfouser at msg.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Professor Lee,
> > >
> > > Here's something funny about the spelling of "kimchi."  Also, isn't it
> > > interesting that the new foreign minister was the previous head of the Korea
> > > Foundation?  Perhaps he should convince the minister of culture to think
> > > about how the romanization debate is deeply damaging to promoting Korean
> > > studies.  That a Korean institution (NAKL) can alienate foreign scholars (as
> > > seen in recent contributions to the list) to such an extreme degree is
> > > certainly cause for alarm for anyone wishing to promote Korean studies
> > > around the world.
> > >
> > > With best wishes,
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > *****
> > >
> > > Bush turns tables on pop quiz reporter
> > >
> > > January 13, 2000
> > > Web posted at: 5:45 p.m. EST (2245 GMT)
> > >
> > > PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (Reuters) - Texas Gov. George W. Bush turned the tables on
> > > the reporter who embarrassed him in a televised pop quiz last year with a
> > > surprise question of his own Thursday.
> > >
> > > The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, who has shown a
> > > propensity for mixing up foreign-policy names and places, was asked in
> > > November by Andy Hiller, the political correspondent for WHDH-TV in Boston,
> > > to name the leaders of four world hot spots.
> > >
> > > Bush gave only one, partial answer, alluding to President Lee Teng-hui of
> > > Taiwan. He drew blanks on Chechnya, India and Pakistan.
> > >
> > > But during a campaign stop at a Rotary Club lunch in Portsmouth on Thursday,
> > > Bush and Hiller crossed paths again as the Texan was leaving Yoken's
> > > Restaurant in a heavy snowstorm. "John McCain says he will be in deep kimchi
> > > (various spicy Korean pickles) if he loses New Hampshire. What do you
> > > think?" Hiller shouted.
> > >
> > > "How do you spell 'kimchi'?" Bush shot back.
> > >
> > > Hiller's reply was drowned out by laughter.
> > >
> > > McCain, the Arizona senator who is Bush's chief rival, believes he will have
> > > to win the nation's first primary, held in New Hampshire on Feb. 1, to take
> > > the Republican nomination away from the Texan.
> > >
> > > Bush leads by a wide margin in national polls but is in a dead heat with
> > > McCain or trails him in some New Hampshire surveys.
> >



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