http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/25/korea-no-more-than-a-strong-double-a/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/01/25/korea-no-more-than-a-strong-double-a/#comment-28627 Sonagi Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:52:28 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=2345#comment-28627 I clicked in, expecting to be offended by "Long Duck Dong" type jokes, but all the writer did was poke fun at the prevalance of certain surnames among the Taiwanese and Korean teams. An Asian writer might do the same if a North American team had three Johnsons or Smiths. In fact, a North American writer would probably take note of a North American team had several players sharing the same surname. I clicked in, expecting to be offended by “Long Duck Dong” type jokes, but all the writer did was poke fun at the prevalance of certain surnames among the Taiwanese and Korean teams. An Asian writer might do the same if a North American team had three Johnsons or Smiths. In fact, a North American writer would probably take note of a North American team had several players sharing the same surname.

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