Comments on: Seosan-si, Chungcheongnam-do

By: Cynical Samaritan

Cynical Samaritan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:13:22 +0000

Looks good, even in black and white. I’ve also run into the dakdorit’ang / dakbokkeumt’ang word war also. Most of my university students call it dakbokkeumt’ang while my in-laws and friends in there 30s+ go by the Japanese loan word.

On a side note, my in-laws prepare it 9/10 when my wife and I visit as my father-in-law goes for some old tradition where the wife’s family is supposed to serve a chicken when the son-in-law visits. Hadn’t heard of the tradition in any Korean culture book, just something my wife told me. Might be a Lee / Yi family tradition I guess.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:05:09 +0000

I got it from the Internet when I was doing the post. And like I’ve said, I’ve never heard anyone refer to the dish as anything other that dakdoritang.

By: bulgasari

bulgasari — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:01:36 +0000

I’d come across the dakdoritang ‘controversy’ when I came across this. Did you discover the this at the restaurant (ie. someone told you the ‘correct’ way to say it) or later? I ask because all of my friends who are in their late 20s or 30s use ‘dakdoritang’, but if I say that word to students in high school or younger, I’m immediately told “It’s dakbokkeumtang!”, said as vehemently as if they were correcting the use of “Sea of Japan”. What I wonder is where they’re getting this from. Schools? The internet?

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:03:55 +0000

There have been books written about just how many “hidden” Japanese loanwords are in common use in Korea. I do wonder if the effort to replace them will be (I suppose replace is not the right word, but you know what I mean). A couple of good examples of successful replacements within recent memory have been “조선시대” for “이조시대” and 초등학교 for 국민학교.

For my money, Gaeshimsa is quite possibly the most beautiful temple in the country.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:45:35 +0000

Thanks for the tip.

On a more serious note, though, some people apparently call it “gakboggeumtang,” although I’ve never heard someone call it that (or seen it on a menu like that).

By: dlatn

dlatn — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:26:52 +0000

The best way to avoid the imperialist flavoring of takdoritang is to just eat the vegetables, and leave the chicken meat for the running dog sympathizers and their slovenly collaborator ilk. Not only is it lower in cholesterol and Niacin, but it also contributes to reducing Han throughout society.
Most restaurants usually give diners an empty pail for them to discard of this imperial legacy, but if they don’t, you can just ask.