[KS] Re: Romanization

Chulhee Chung chulchng at moak.chonbuk.ac.kr
Thu Jul 6 01:37:34 EDT 2000


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After all, aren't 'eo' and 'o' different in Korean, although they sound the
same in English?
I think each 'o's in omoni(mother), oship(fifty), bought, orange
respectively has its own phonetic value.

chulhee

Brother Anthony wrote:

> I find it very hard to understand why so many ordinary Koreans feel that
> "eo" is the most natural way of representing the 'O' sound of Seoul
> unless it is precisely that they have grown up with that spelling and it
> has fixed itself as their model. Which makes me wonder just where that
> spelling came from, and why the French have put an accent over the 'e'?
> Does anyone know? Please?
> Brother Anthony
> S(e?)ogang University

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Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology http://soc.chonbuk.ac.kr     (phone) 82-63-270-2920
Chonbuk National University                        (fax) 270-2921
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After all, aren't 'eo' and 'o' different in Korean, although they sound
the same in English?
<br>I think each 'o's in <i>omoni</i>(mother), <i>oship(</i>fifty)<i>,
</i>bought, orange respectively has its own phonetic value.
<p>chulhee
<p>Brother Anthony wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I find it very hard to understand why so many ordinary
Koreans feel that
<br>"eo" is the most natural way of representing the 'O' sound of Seoul
<br>unless it is precisely that they have grown up with that spelling and
it
<br>has fixed itself as their model. Which makes me wonder just where that
<br>spelling came from, and why the French have put an accent over the
'e'?
<br>Does anyone know? Please?
<br>Brother Anthony
<br>S(e?)ogang University</blockquote>

<p>--
<br>Chulhee Chung <A HREF="http://soc.chonbuk.ac.kr/~chul">http://soc.chonbuk.ac.kr/~chul</A>
<br>Assistant Professor
<p>Department of Sociology <A HREF="http://soc.chonbuk.ac.kr">http://soc.chonbuk.ac.kr</A>    
(phone) 82-63-270-2920
<br>Chonbuk National University                       
(fax) 270-2921
<br>Dukjin-ku, Chonju 561-756 South Korea
<br>On Leave 2000-2001(from July to August but this e-mail is still valid)
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