Funny Translation

Goldenrod · 09-10-2008, 08:32 PM

Hey everyone!

Thought I'd share something funny I came across the other day...

Lately I've been hitting the books, brushing up on my Korean, in preparation for spending a year there teaching English.

I came across the word for "fat" in the Korean-English dictionary -- fat as in body size, not as in the biological/nutritional sense. Anyway, the list of words were: fat, fleshy, corpulent, corn-fed.

LOL!!

Apparently the Koreans have known for a while that the two are related.

On a somewhat related note, I'd like to thank whoever mentioned the documentary King Corn. I just watched it, and it was awesome. Very educational about the industry, and why it came to be the way it is, not only with subsidies, but with the massive overproduction in the first place. Even the farmers they profiled knew they were basically growing a crop with no nutritional value, and acknowledged that it's really become about the bottom line these days.

-Amy

amiga74 · 09-10-2008, 09:44 PM

wow, interesting! corn fed-ha ha!

my cousin and his korean wife just had a baby. the word for grandma is "harmony"-isn't that cool??

Charski · 09-10-2008, 10:34 PM

Ha ha!! Corn-fed = fat - yep, makes sense to me!

09-10-2008, 08:32 PM	#1
Goldenrod MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 1,145 Gallery: Goldenrod Stats: 152/134.8/130 5'2" WOE: LC in general Start Date: Nov 1, 2006	Funny Translation Hey everyone! Thought I'd share something funny I came across the other day... Lately I've been hitting the books, brushing up on my Korean, in preparation for spending a year there teaching English. I came across the word for "fat" in the Korean-English dictionary -- fat as in body size, not as in the biological/nutritional sense. Anyway, the list of words were: fat, fleshy, corpulent, corn-fed. LOL!! Apparently the Koreans have known for a while that the two are related. On a somewhat related note, I'd like to thank whoever mentioned the documentary King Corn. I just watched it, and it was awesome. Very educational about the industry, and why it came to be the way it is, not only with subsidies, but with the massive overproduction in the first place. Even the farmers they profiled knew they were basically growing a crop with no nutritional value, and acknowledged that it's really become about the bottom line these days. -Amy

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09-10-2008, 09:44 PM	#2
amiga74 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: austin Posts: 1,696 Gallery: amiga74 Stats: 150/140/135 - 5'7.5 WOE: super-slow via moderation/organic	wow, interesting! corn fed-ha ha! my cousin and his korean wife just had a baby. the word for grandma is "harmony"-isn't that cool??

09-10-2008, 10:34 PM	#3
Charski Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Central Coastal CA Posts: 10,311 Gallery: Charski Stats: 174 (WW)/130/150 goal 5'5" 54 years young WOE: ATKINS! now and always.... Start Date: 5/03	Ha ha!! Corn-fed = fat - yep, makes sense to me!