From: Jungshik Shin (jshin@mailaps.org)
Date: Mon Dec 15 2003 - 21:17:36 EST
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> Peter Kirk noted:
>
> That said, you may not be aware of the fact that the name "KOREAN"
> has *already* been the subject of much discussion in WG2, precisely
> because the DPRK, in its initial participation in WG2, tried to
> get the word "HANGUL" (in all of the thousands of characters in
> the standard which include that term as part of their name) changed
> to "KOREAN". (Note: "KOREAN", not "COREAN", by the way.) That
Personally, I would have preferred 'Korean syllables' and 'Korean
letters' to 'Hangul syllables' and 'Hangul Jamos' if I had been a member
of JTC1/SC2/WG2 or UTC). Needless to say, this is NOT arguing for the
name _change_ by any means.
> By the way, for anyone still reading this thread, you might be
> interested in more of the linguistic and cultural background
> behind the movement by some groups of Koreans (Coreans?) to
> get English usage changed to "Corea":
>
> http://www.medeasin.com/coreaspelling.htm
As a Korean, I'm familiar with all these arguments, but I'm afraid
all those arguments smack of overt nationalism and even chauvinism
although I understand where they come from. IMHO, the 'defensive'
nationalisim is not so far from the 'offensive' nationalism.
Jungshik
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