| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2473 Registered: 8-2001 |
Korea is best in the world at something that it never occurred to me there even would be a best. What is it????? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 816 Registered: 9-2003 |
is it related to sports? politics? a hobby? something to do with families? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2479 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 816 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 9:34 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is it related to sports?no politics?no a hobby?no something to do with families? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 213 Registered: 6-2007 |
is it electronic-related? is it recreation-related? is it work-related? is it something that dates back many decades? centuries? is it the skill of certain individuals? is it manufacture? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2481 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 213 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 4:31 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is it electronic-related? no is it recreation-related? yes is it work-related? yes is it something that dates back many decades? yes centuries? yes is it the skill of certain individuals? no is it manufacture? no | ||
| Zenith (Zenith)
New member Username: Zenith Post Number: 424 Registered: 10-2004 |
It's not the computer game Starcraft is it? I heard once that it is considered the Unofficial sport of South Korea for men under the age of thirty... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2485 Registered: 8-2001 |
Username: Zenith Post Number: 424 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 4:18 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's not the computer game Starcraft is it? no, it's not I heard once that it is considered the Unofficial sport of South Korea for men under the age of thirty... | ||
| Judgedeadd (Judgedeadd)
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 895 Registered: 9-2006 |
North or South Korea? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2486 Registered: 8-2001 |
New member Username: Judgedeadd Post Number: 895 Registered: 9-2006 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 6:17 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North or South Korea? Both, although I'm teaching in South Korea, of course | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 241 Registered: 6-2007 |
is it outdoor recreation? is it indoor recreation? is it a game? is it Baduk? (the best board game I know) is it something common in the East & relativiely unheard of in the west? is it something played? played with a group? is there an international group that measures the success level of this activity? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2488 Registered: 8-2001 |
Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 241 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 1:51 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is it outdoor recreation? it can be used in outdoor recreation is it indoor recreation? it can be used in indoor recreation is it a game? is it Baduk? no(the best board game I know) is it something common in the East ocommon only in Korea & relativiely unheard of in the west? yes is it something played? no played with a group? no is there an international group that measures the success level of this activity? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 250 Registered: 6-2007 |
"it can be used...." is it something that a person does which can be used? or is it an object which can be used? is it related to martial arts? meditation? "Korea is the best in the world at something...common only in Korea "... it sounds like they don't have any competition? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2495 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 250 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 1:16 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "it can be used...." is it something that a person does which can be used? yope or is it an object which can be used? yope is it related to martial arts? not sopecifically meditation? ditto "Korea is the best in the world at something...common only in Korea "... it sounds like they don't have any competition? yope | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 352 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is "it" a craft and an item produced as a result? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2497 Registered: 8-2001 |
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 352 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 6:12 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is "it" a craft and an item produced as a result? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 327 Registered: 6-2007 |
something that Korea is #1 in the world at can be used for recreation? and for work? is it a method? a way of thinking? is it related to communication? could one person be good at it? could a person be better than another person at it? do Koreans study it? learn about it specifically? trade ideas about it? create internet forums about it? Does the country benefit from it? Do groups benefit from it? individuals? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2505 Registered: 8-2001 |
something that Korea is #1 in the world at can be used for recreation? yes and for work? yes is it a method? yesa way of thinking? noish|is it related to communication? yes could one person be good at it? \b { no could a person be better than another person at it? yes do Koreans study it? yesishlearn about it specifically? yes trade ideas about it?some do create internet forums about it? I don't knowDoes the country benefit from it? yesDo groups benefit from it? yes individuals? yes | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 421 Registered: 4-2007 |
Communicating in person? by phone? by writing ? by drawing pictures? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2511 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 421 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:44 am: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Communicating in person? no by phone? noby writing ? yes by drawing pictures? no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 426 Registered: 4-2007 |
Writing as a way of expressing thoughts with letters? or as calligraphy? Specific kind of personal communications ( similar to invitations / thank-you notes )? memos to self? personalizing objects? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 378 Registered: 6-2007 |
is it writing combined with another skill? with math? with art? relevant what implement is used to write with? could what they are best at be somehow used in a soccer match? or would there be a better example of outdoor recreation? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2515 Registered: 8-2001 |
Emeraldink (Emeraldink) New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 426 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 8:20 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Writing as a way of expressing thoughts with letters? yes or as calligraphy? no Specific kind of personal communications ( similar to invitations / thank-you notes )? memos to self? personalizing objects? applies to all these Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight) New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 378 Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 1:38 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is it writing combined with another skill? no with math? with art? relevant what implement is used to write with? no could what they are best at be somehow used in a soccer match? no or would there be a better example of outdoor recreation no | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2007 |
something to do with the korean alphabet? is it something to do with the style of writing? writing - left to right? right to left? top to bottom? bottom to top? is it writing in prose? or poetry? is reading involved also? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 2518 Registered: 8-2001 |
Suido (Suido) New member Username: Suido Post Number: 28 Registered: 8-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 - 2:41 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) something to do with the korean alphabet? yes is it something to do with the style of writing? no writing - left to right? right to left? top to bottom? bottom to top? is it writing in prose? yes or poetry? yes is reading involved also? yes **********SPOILER ************* Korean is widely acknowledged to have the most logical alphabet in the world--hanguil, invented in the 15th century in order to increase literacy. It's so logical because the symbols build on one another, eg, the letter for 'yoooooo' is related to the letter for 'ooooooooo' as the letter for 'yo' (as in 'yoyo') is related to the letter for 'oh.' Koreans are so proud of their alphabet that they have an annual holiday to celebrate it--Hanguil Day, on October 9. Sorry the puzzle, as well as the Korean alphabet, is so easy. Check out my new one you-know-where. | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
New member Username: Mosquito Post Number: 424 Registered: 4-2005 |
There is indeed a logic to this structure, but it is also logical to have one simple symbol for each phoneme, as in Latin or Russian. English is not a phonetic language, but still the "symbol" for 'yo' looks very much like the symbols for 'y' and 'o'. It is not clear to me that there is really a gain in combining them into one symbol when the combination of the two seems just as simple. |
