[KS] Name used for "God"

[DEBERNIERE JANET TORREY]

In response to Clark Sorensen's following comment:

"To use sin, or sillyong [for KIS] 
would sound old fashioned and "feudal" and would be unlikely."

Among contemporary South Korean speakers, the term "sin" is frequently used
when suggesting a person is god-like. 
("Geu-ineun sin-gateun jonjaeda.") Whether such is also the case for North
Korea, I don't know, 
but "sin" was the term I immediately assumed Erich Weingartner's guide was
translating from. As for "sillyeong," 
I agree that it would sound archaic. 

Deberniere Torrey








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