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Written by Forestofglory on 2025-01-25 at 19:10

I'm not really sure what's going on with Korean transliteration but it seems like there's multiple systems in use and it kinda confusing. Maybe transliteration is just inherently confusing

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Written by Hold My Chicken 🎉 on 2025-01-25 at 22:12

@Forestofglory i got curious, because I've been struggling with many of the sounds in Korean that don't exist in English, and don't seem to receive consistent treatments in transliteration.

"Due to a number of factors, including the properties of the Korean language and alphabet, as well as social and geopolitical issues, a single settled standard did not emerge. By 1934, there were 27 extant romanization systems, and by 1997, there were over 40."

From Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Korean

... Oh and there are different dialects too, aish.

The "comparison of various systems" tables are giving me psychic damage

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Written by Jill •-□? on 2025-01-25 at 22:17

@lookitmychicken @Forestofglory

I find myself paying a lot of attention to mouth and tongue movements while they are speaking because that gives me more of a clue to how actually pronounce the words. Because something as simple as ㄴ=N or ㅂ=B are just not good enough.

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