[KS] Establishing the names of obscure rural villages

Tue Apr 10 16:14:11 EDT 2007

Dear Frank:

(I am replying on-list to bring various web resources to readers' attention 
and so anyone can catch and correct any errors I make.  The Han'gu^l below 
should be visible in Unicode UTF-8 encoding in Firefox, but it appears to be 
broken in Internet Explorer.  Yale renderings are added, and a UTF-8-encoded 
.txt file is attached, containing the relevant place names in Han'gu^l.)

There are various resources for identifying place names or establishing 
their romanizations.  In the end, for the five place names that are 
administrative units (divisions of u^ps or myo^ns), the Korean Post Office's 
online postal code lookup 
(http://www.koreapost.go.kr/servlet/kpp.post.PostInfo) turned out to be the 
most exhaustive resource, with romanizations (according to the government 
system) available on Seoul City's useful "Englishname" 
(http://englishname.seoul.go.kr/jsp/index.jsp) site, looked up via their 
Han'gu^l spellings.  "Sunlinchon," "Walgilree," and "Oibugnee" required 
special treatment, as they do not appear to be administrative units, and so 
show up in far fewer places.

For "Sunlinchon", Neither ì„ ë¦°ì´Œ (/Senlinchon/) nor ìˆœë¦°ì´Œ 
(/Swunlinchon/) yielded anything, but a search in Naver revealed a 
ì„ ë¦°ì´Œ, which is located within Hanam-shi in Kyo^nggi-do 
(http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%BC%B1%B8%B0%C3%CC&frm=t1&sm=top_hty), 
in which case my best guess for romanization would be Seollin-chon in the SK 
system, or So^llin-ch'on in McCune-Reischauer.

On the Post Office site, a search for "Unkyoree" as ì–¸êµë¦¬ (/Enkyoli/) 
turns up nothing, but a search for ìš´êµë¦¬ (/Wunkyoli/) yields two places 
in Cho^llabuk-do: one in Taesan-myo^n, Namwo^n-shi, and the other in 
Paegun-myo^n, Chinan-gun.  A search at Englishname yields "Ungyo-ri" for the 
SK romanization (but should it not be "Un-gyo-ri"?--See "Shinkiree" below), 
which should be "Un'gyo-ri" for McCune-Reischauer.

"Walgilree" is not to be found at the Post Office site, but according to 
Naver, there is a ì™ˆê¸¸ë¦¬ (/Walkilli/) in Taesan-myo^n, Namwo^n-shi 
(http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%BF%D0%B1%E6%B8%AE&sm=tab_hty). 
  It should be written as Walgil-ri in both romanization systems.

For "Shinkiree," on the Post Office site, there are six ì‹ ê¸°ë¦¬ 
(/Sinkili/)s in Cho^llabuk-do, in Namwo^n-shi, Puan-gun, Iksan-shi, 
Chinan-gun, and two in Imshil-gun.  They are all romanized Sin-gi-ri (SK) at 
the Englishname site, or Shin'gi-ri in McC-R.

"Mukhyeunee" would appear to be ë¬µí˜„ë¦¬ (/Mukhyenli/, with long /u/) 
(searches for other possible variants ë¬µíœ¸ (/Mukhyun/), ë¨¹í˜„ 
(/Mekhyen/), and ë¨¹íœ¸ (/Mekhyun/) turned up nothing), which according to 
the Post Office is in Hwado-u^p, Namyangju-shi, Kyo^nggi-do.  The government 
romanization is Mukhyeon-ri; in McC-R, I believe it should be Mukhyo^n-ri.

I am guessing "Yongbanee" is ìš©ë°˜ë¦¬ (/Yongpanli/), which according to the 
Post Office is in Hu^ngdeok-myo^n, Koch'ang-gun, Cho^llabuk-do.  Its 
romanization in both systems is Yongban-ri.

"Doobongnee" spelled as ë‘ë´‰ë¦¬ (/Tupongli/) yields the wrong place--in 
Cho^llanam-do.  A search for ë‘ë³µë¦¬ (/Tupokli/), however, turns up a 
place in Ch'o^ngung-myo^n, Imshil-gun, Cho^llabuk-do.  The SK romanization 
is Dubok-ri; the McC-R romanization would be Tubok-ri.

Finally, the doozy that is "Oibugnee" turned up nothing in all its various 
possible permutations and combinations (ì™¸ë¶ë¦¬ (/Oypukli/), ì˜¤ì´ë²…ë¦¬ 
(/Oipekli/), etc., etc., etc.) at the Post Office site.  In Naver, however, 
I got precisely one hit for ì™¸ë¶ë¦¬ (/Oypukli/ with long /u/) on a 
mountain climber's blog post 
(http://blog.naver.com/violetlion?Redirect=Log&logNo=100006789825); in 
Google, another hiker had a different article that mentioned the same place 
(http://www.cmkplaza.com/info/column/viewbody.html?code=cotour&mb_id=&page=1&number=6&keyfield=&key=). 
  According to the latter, the village is located in Mach'o^n-ri, 
So^lch'o^n-myo^n, Muju-gun, Cho^llabuk-do, in the vicinity of Samdo-bong, 
which is at the meeting point of Ch'ungch'o^ngbuk-do, Cho^llabuk-do, and 
Kyo^ngsangbuk-do (hence the name of the peak?).  *If* this is the correct 
place (or spelling), then the government romanization should be Oebuk-ri and 
the McCune-Reischauer should be the same.

Yours sincerely,
Stefan Ewing

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>From: Frank Joseph Shulman <fshulman at umd.edu>
>Reply-To: fshulman at umd.edu,Korean Studies Discussion List 
><koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>To: Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
>Subject: [KS] Romanization of Koream (In response to Frank Hoffmann)
>Date: Mon,  9 Apr 2007 16:34:08 -0400 (EDT)
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>This is in response to Frank Hoffmann's inquiry of April 9th regarding the 
>current usage of the two Romanization systems for Korean by individuals in 
>Korean Studies.
>
>My forthcoming reference work, "A Century of Doctoral Dissertations on 
>Korea, 1903-2004: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western 
>Languages", uses the McCune-Reischauer system as the default system and the 
>"New Official Government System (2000)" as an add on within the descriptive 
>annotations as well as in the Subject Index.  Normally a term or a proper 
>name in MR is followed by the SK Romanization in parentheses.  For example:
>
>Kyo^nggi-do (Gyeonggi-do)
>
>This procedure is comparable in nature to the Romanization of Chinese that 
>is used in my earlier bibliography, "Doctoral Dissertations on China and on 
>Inner Asia, 1976-1990: An Annotated Bibliography of Studies in Western 
>Languages" (compiled and edited by Frank Joseph Shulman. Westport, Conn., 
>and London: Greenwood Press, 1998.  xxviii, 1055p.), where the Wade-Giles 
>Romanization system served as the default and the Pinyin Romanization as 
>the add on.  (Please note that this bibliography was published BEFORE 
>American and Canadian libraries switched from Wade-Giles to Pinyin.)
>
>Listserv members should take note that for the most part, the Yale 
>Romanization system is used in the descriptive annotations for the 
>dissertations in the area of language and linguistics.  And NO change 
>whatsoever has been made in the Romanization of the family and personal 
>names of the 9,000 Korean authors or in the Romanized Korean words or names 
>that comprise part of the titles and subtitles of the 13,600 dissertations 
>written in English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish, etc.  Following 
>established bibliographical and library practice, the bibliography 
>transcribes whatever appears on the title page of each thesis typescript.  
>The same bibliographical convention applies to matters of spacing, 
>capitalization, and the inclusion of hyphens (e.g., Jinhee, Jin Hee, 
>Jin-Hee, Jin-hee).  At the same time, in a limited number of cases, the 
>Author Index will contain a cross-reference from a Korean author's name in 
>MR to the form of his name in the bibliographical entry.
>
>Let me please add that establishing the proper Romanization of each Korean 
>word and name that is used in the descriptive annotations has been a 
>challenging task.  The typescripts of the 13,600 dissertations covered in 
>the bibliography contain a wide range of variant Romanizations that have 
>had to be standardized in the descriptive annotations and the Subject 
>Index.  The following is an example:
>
>Gyeonggi, Gyongi, Gyunggi, Gyungi, Gyungki, Kunggi, Kungki, Kyengki, 
>Kyeonggi, Kyong-gi, Kyonggi, Ky^onggi, Kyongki, Kyounggi, Kyoungki, 
>Kyunggi, Kyungi, and Kyungki.
>
>I am greatly indebted  to a number of scholars and librarians around the 
>world for the considerable, ongoing assistance that they have extended to 
>me in this regard.  However, the current draft of the bibliography is still 
>not (and in the end, may not be) "perfect" as there are certain words and 
>names for which the proper Romanization cannot be definitively established, 
>given the absence of hangul and hancha.  To cite just one example: the 
>names of several Korean villages for which the assistance of listserv 
>members would be appreciated:
>
>In the dissertation "Village Development from Above and from Below: Social 
>Change and Modernization in Different Types of Rural Community in the 
>Republic of Korea" by You Tae-Yeung (cross-referemce in MR: Yu T'ae-yong) 
>(Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 1978):
>
>You studied the advantages and drawbacks of the type of rural development 
>that was initiated, nurtured and guided through governmental (or other 
>public) policies, programs and agencies, as opposed to development carried 
>out autonomously by the affected farming communities.  His dissertation 
>includes an overview of the rural sector and agrarian policy in Korea as 
>well as case studies of eight villages representing five different patterns 
>of developmental direction: (a) Sunlinchon: development from below by the 
>community itself; (b) Unkyoree: development from below by active local 
>leaders; (c) Walgilree and Shinkiree: development from both above and 
>below; (d) Mukhyeunee and Yongbanee: development from above through local 
>mediators; and (e) Doobongnee and Oibugnee: development from above.  (NOE: 
>Two of the villages -- Sunlinchon, Mukhyeunee -- are located in 
>Kyo^nggi-do;  all the rest are in Cho^llabuk-do)
>
>With my best wishes,
>
>Frank
>
>April 9, 2007
>
>Frank Joseph Shulman
>Bibliographer, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian 
>Studies
>9225 Limestone Place
>College Park, Maryland 20740-3943 (U.S.A.)
>E-mail:  fshulman at umd.edu

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