Michael asked me the first few days I was here to try and think of the best way to learn English. I pondered over it, thinking it was some sort of exercise to see if I could be creative or something but it wasnt. The answer is simple, go to an english speaking country. Get full immersion in the language. That is what Michael is trying to recreate in our school. A place where you come to only speak English. Just like we have a word for bad spanish english-spanglish, Koreans have a word for bad Korean-English speakers, Konglish. So why the picture you ask? Well this is one of hundreds of examples that I see around me every day. At the top of the advertisement for fried chicken you can see it says in English, "Womans Style". It has to be a misnomer. I can only assume they are trying to say, "Home cooked" or "Country style" or something to that affect.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
The Konglish
Michael asked me the first few days I was here to try and think of the best way to learn English. I pondered over it, thinking it was some sort of exercise to see if I could be creative or something but it wasnt. The answer is simple, go to an english speaking country. Get full immersion in the language. That is what Michael is trying to recreate in our school. A place where you come to only speak English. Just like we have a word for bad spanish english-spanglish, Koreans have a word for bad Korean-English speakers, Konglish. So why the picture you ask? Well this is one of hundreds of examples that I see around me every day. At the top of the advertisement for fried chicken you can see it says in English, "Womans Style". It has to be a misnomer. I can only assume they are trying to say, "Home cooked" or "Country style" or something to that affect.
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