Sunday, December 2, 2012

Linkage: Korean Self Study Isn't Lame - Ultimate Konglish List

This site has an excellent table of Konglish words and phrases. My students use them all the time and I've been steadily working on educating them on what the standard English word or phrase is.

The Ultimate Konglish List

The first few:

한글
Real
English Word
진실의 영문
Verbicide
Korean Definition
한국 정의
Real
English Definition
옳은 영어 정의
액세소리
accessory
Koreans generally use that word to mean: jewelry
extra parts, for anything, including jewelry, but not commonly used to mean jewelry
앵글
angle
angle bar
or
bracket
the space between any two lines that intersect or come together end-to-end, relative to the 360° (degrees) of a circle.  I.e., an angle can be between 0 and 360 (exclusively).
본드
bond
super glue
any binding substance
부킹
booking
introduction request at a night club
making a reservation
버버리
Burberry
overcoat or trench coat
Trademark of light, long, waterproof coat
캔맥주
can maekju
canned beer
(or can of beer)
can (n.) = metallic cylinder (not adjective)

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