Current Events > In Chinese script, Korea writes 'beautiful nation' for the USA, but Japan

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Japan writes "rice/grain nation"
Think about what that says about how each respective nation views us

As you know, the whole region uses Chinese script as a traditional writing method
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China calls themselves middle country smh
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You're just trying to turn me on mai wife Hani, but that is not going to happen.
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Fun fact: Korea originally wrote 'rice country' to refer to America as well.

The change is a recent one, around the 70s or such.
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I agree. It says Korea doesn't think America is important but it looks superficially good, while Japan thinks America is vital to their life.

Distant_Rainbow posted...

Fun fact: Korea originally wrote 'rice country' to refer to America as well.

The change is a recent one, around the 70s or such.

don't come in here with your alternative facts you warmonger
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Huh... I guess I never thought about it lol. America would be miguk, which mi would be the beautiful part. When Koreans refer to a beautiful lady, she'd be called a mi-in, where in is a person in Chinese character. I wonder what the history behind it is, though America definitely lent Korea a big helping hand throughout history
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

don't come in here with your alternative facts you warmonger

...wtf? That's a new one.

Anyway, I'm from the South so I don't see how I can be a warmonger.
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Distant_Rainbow posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

don't come in here with your alternative facts you warmonger

...wtf? That's a new one.

Anyway, I'm from the South so I don't see how I can be a warmonger.

ur an american imperialist
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Do North and South Korea use different terms to refer to the US?

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

ur an american imperialist

Another new one.

Kindly elaborate when and where I said any such thing.
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Distant_Rainbow posted...

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

ur an american imperialist

Another new one.

Kindly elaborate when and where I said any such thing.

lol i know who you are and i am just kidding around

i know you're not any of these things chill dawg
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(migu) has little to do with the chinese thinking "oh well america is just beautiful so lets call it that" but rather , in this case, is an abbreviation for the chinese word for america, (Ymilji), which phonetically sounds like "america".

it's like the chinese word for germany, which is (dgu), literally translating to "moral country." the chinese didn't have some innate reason to believe that germany is moral, but rather that , in this case, is short for the chinese word for "Deutsch", (dyzh), which is phonetic.

hth (hope this helps)
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bob742omb posted...

(migu) has little to do with the chinese thinking "oh well america is just beautiful so lets call it that" but rather , in this case, is an abbreviation for the chinese word for america, (Ymilji), which phonetically sounds like "america".

it's like the chinese word for germany, which is (dgu), literally translating to "moral country." the chinese didn't have some innate reason to believe that germany is moral, but rather that , in this case, is short for the chinese word for "Deutsch", (dyzh), which is phonetic.

hth (hope this helps)

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

don't come in here with your alternative facts you warmonger

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oh no i've been bamboozled
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These Chinese characters are being used phonetically. It has nothing to do with meaning. You think Japan think Germany is full of Single () people and the Chinese think it's full of Ethical () people?
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ssjevot posted...

These Chinese characters are being used phonetically. It has nothing to do with meaning. You think Japan think Germany is full of Single () people and the Chinese think it's full of Ethical () people?

Funnier examples are France, the land of 'Buddhist orchids of the west.'

Or Spain, the land of the 'Western class of teeth.'
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ssjevot posted...

These Chinese characters are being used phonetically. It has nothing to do with meaning. You think Japan think Germany is full of Single () people and the Chinese think it's full of Ethical () people?

YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

don't come in here with your alternative facts you warmonger

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