[KS] Re: The Story of "O"

[Lauren Deutsch]

Thanks for the info. I'm always interested in how language bumps into itself
and precipitates culture.
Lauren
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>From: "kushibo" <jdh95 at hitel.net>
>To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: The Story of "O"
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 07:29:13 +0900
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> Lauren Deutsch wrote:
>> From a neyophyte's view, I'm just wondering whether this change will make
>> the romanized transliterations look more or less like organic chemistry
>> equations.
>
> Funny you should mention that. Korean marketing has already done that. Going
> with the idea that the youngest group of teen consumers should be known as
> Generation N (*N sedae*), one of the mobile phone providers' latest campaign
> is promoting Na service. As a recovering former biology major, I can't look
> at that and *not* think sodium.
>
> K U S H I B O


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