Comments on: Please stop writing on Canuck library desks http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:58:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-32020 sewing Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:24:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-32020 ...the bold bits in red ink, just to make it extra serious.... …the bold bits in red ink, just to make it extra serious….

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-32019 sewing Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:23:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-32019 ...<b>낙서</b>가 <b>금지</b>되고 있소, to make the sentence complete.... …낙서가 금지되고 있소, to make the sentence complete….

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-32013 sewing Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:35:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-32013 ...But why didn't the Coquitlam library make the marginal effort to translate the notice into Korean? (Marginal, because for those who don't know, Coquitlam is one of the major Korean population centres in the Vancouver area...surely they have someone on staff who could have done the translation?) Something like: 야, 날라리들, 여기는 호프가 아닌데 <b>낙서 금지!</b> ...Come to think of it, these may not be <i>yuhaksaeng</i> (visiting students) at all, but 1.5-generation high school students, or the children of <i>gireogi eomma</i>. …But why didn’t the Coquitlam library make the marginal effort to translate the notice into Korean? (Marginal, because for those who don’t know, Coquitlam is one of the major Korean population centres in the Vancouver area…surely they have someone on staff who could have done the translation?) Something like:

야, 날라리들, 여기는 호프가 아닌데 낙서 금지!

…Come to think of it, these may not be yuhaksaeng (visiting students) at all, but 1.5-generation high school students, or the children of gireogi eomma.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-32012 sewing Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:28:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-32012 The author's concern is no doubt that this may give non-Korean (and some Korean) Vancouverites a bad impression of Korean <i>yuhaksaeng</i>...which I think is a legitimate concern. The same way that some non-Koreans residing in Korea get uncomfortable when they see or hear of the embarrasing antics of other non-Koreans. The author’s concern is no doubt that this may give non-Korean (and some Korean) Vancouverites a bad impression of Korean yuhaksaeng…which I think is a legitimate concern. The same way that some non-Koreans residing in Korea get uncomfortable when they see or hear of the embarrasing antics of other non-Koreans.

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-31856 baduk Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:49:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-31856 There is a Korean saying, "the pot that leaks in the house will leak outside of the house as well". Someone should teach these kids some manners before they go outside Korea. There is a Korean saying, “the pot that leaks in the house will leak outside of the house as well”. Someone should teach these kids some manners before they go outside Korea.

]]> By: june http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-31841 june Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:26:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-31841 This library, at least, doesn’t have any homeless crowds, who often yell, cry, snore or spit. Oh, regular patrons in the public library (in my neighborhood) don’t even bother to turn off their phone. Well, I should be thankful to my library that it hasn’t any Korean kids. Homeless crowds and unruly patrons are enough for me to handle, and I don’t want to suffer more… This library, at least, doesn’t have any homeless crowds, who often yell, cry, snore or spit. Oh, regular patrons in the public library (in my neighborhood) don’t even bother to turn off their phone. Well, I should be thankful to my library that it hasn’t any Korean kids. Homeless crowds and unruly patrons are enough for me to handle, and I don’t want to suffer more…

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-31827 slim Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:06:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-31827 Not with thousands of Jindo dogs being murdered each year in the United States, Lee Hyo-ri's plagiarism theatening to tank Korea's image and .... Kushibo stubbornly denying us more than one post per topic of his wisdom. THESE are burning issues! Not with thousands of Jindo dogs being murdered each year in the United States, Lee Hyo-ri’s plagiarism theatening to tank Korea’s image and …. Kushibo stubbornly denying us more than one post per topic of his wisdom. THESE are burning issues!

]]> By: Robert http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-31824 Robert Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:39:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-31824 I take it you don't find Korean middle school kids scribbling on Vancouver library desks a burning issue? I take it you don’t find Korean middle school kids scribbling on Vancouver library desks a burning issue?

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/03/31/please-stop-writing-on-canuck-library-desks/#comment-31823 slim Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:18:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2636#comment-31823 Slow news day, Marmot? Slow news day, Marmot?

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