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- T.K. (Ask a Korean!)
- The Korean is a Korean American living in Washington D.C. He lived in Seoul until he was 16, then moved to Los Angeles area. The Korean refers to himself in the third person because he thinks it sounds cool.
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Dear AAK,
ReplyDeleteBack when I was interested in the esoterica of Korean (well, it was esoterica to me, anyway) I seem to remember there were a large number of phrases in my Dong-A's K-E dictionary that were derived from Chinese characters that were usually of four syllables (and four C. characters, too). I don't have such a dictionary with me now, otherwise I'd provide an example, but it seems to me that
Maekju Yoksa
could be Hanjafied quite easily.
What do you reckon?
And thanks for the link, too.
Sure. It is:
ReplyDelete麥酒歷史
Easy, like you suggested.