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
