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| JD Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 6167 days ago 36 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Finnish, French | Message 9 of 53 08 April 2008 at 5:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know how popular it is outside this very forum, but perhaps Professor Arguelles has inspired some people here? Having learned 20+ languages and stating that Korean is definitely the most challenging tongue he had studied; well, that made at least me interested in this language! Edited by JD on 08 April 2008 at 5:10pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hollow Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States luelinks.netRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6540 days ago 179 posts - 186 votes  Speaks: French*, English*, SpanishB2 Studies: Korean | Message 10 of 53 08 April 2008 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I always get asked this question, and I can never really answer. I'm interested in learning Korean because it's so different, and because the more I learn, the more I want to learn.
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| Goindol Senior Member United States Joined 6075 days ago 165 posts - 203 votes | Message 11 of 53 08 April 2008 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
You're not looking hard enough. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| chelovek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6088 days ago 413 posts - 461 votes 5 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 12 of 53 08 April 2008 at 6:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
Beautiful doesn't mean that something is useful. PS: It seems you're trolling. Are you really so bored that you need to troll a language forum? Edited by chelovek on 08 April 2008 at 6:29pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Goindol Senior Member United States Joined 6075 days ago 165 posts - 203 votes | Message 13 of 53 08 April 2008 at 6:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Beautiful doesn't mean that something is useful."
That very well hinges on one's conception of utility, does it not? 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6245 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 14 of 53 08 April 2008 at 7:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
possibly. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Goindol Senior Member United States Joined 6075 days ago 165 posts - 203 votes | Message 15 of 53 08 April 2008 at 7:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I wasn't being facetious. There's more great Korean lit than you can explore in a lifetime. The biggest problem is that most of it is utterly untranslatable. Take this famous and oft anthologised short story for example. Take a peek if your Korean's up to level.
http://ibrary.co.kr/library/novel/w/wings/wings_intro.html 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| chelovek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6088 days ago 413 posts - 461 votes 5 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 16 of 53 08 April 2008 at 7:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
The description of a language as "useful" isn't open to much interpretation. It means that you will somehow benefit from the language in a practical sense. Beauty has absolutely no relevance to that, as a language can only be useful if 1) it is used, and 2) you have contact with it (ie. via people that speak it, or literature in which it is written). You could certainly describe a language as enjoyable or fun due soley to its beauty, but using the word "useful" in that context would be incorrect. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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