Sunday, September 28, 2008

Konglish or Engrish! Which do you speak?

Walking around Korea, you will definitely see a wide array of funny things. One of the most widely recognized things that are just hilarious are the many phrases and sentences written in "Konglish" or "Engrish." Konglish/Engrish is basically the result of a Korean, who is not a fully fluent English speaker, that attempts to speak or write in English. In a nutshell, when Koreans are in the semi-advanced stages of learning English, they get a little excited and try to spark up a conversation with a foreigner, who is a native English speaker. Or you'll have the business owner who attempts to cater to the foreigners by use marketing tools that have English translation. Lets look at some examples of "Konglish/Engrish."






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