Konglish
Konglish and random pictures: the special ‘Icheon’ edition
1While in town for the Icheon Pig Museum, we came across enough ‘special English’ in one night to make an entire post of Konglish. All of these were taken in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, within a couple blocks from the bus terminal or our hotel for the evening:
This machine is for a person
who wish to watch, to reduce
teenswatching and damage
on thoughless watching
Found inside the hotel room – apparently it cost 500 won and had the sticker for use by people 19 years or older. I’ll let you guess what this is used for…
I could see a few cases in which the words “center of wedding” might appear in More >
Konglish – because it’s just hilarious sometimes
0
English – they’re doing it wrong. When it’s hilarious, it’s Konglish (or a number of region-specific terms)…
From the facemask:
Especially the skin activation ingredient abundantly
make the neat and clear skin. “하루수분 (Daily Moisturizing)”
removes effectively waste matter from the skin pores.
Also, it gives your skin moist and silky.
Moist and silky WHAT?!
Seen at a Lotteria in the Gangnam area – it’s like they took lyrics from the Western world, spliced them up, and tried to make something out of it.
Sweet Recipe
Dear
My Jelly Lips-talk
Baby
Choux Base
It’s entirely possible one of More >
Konglish: the fall edition
3You’ll be nature Hi Green Label is desgined for people who want confortable clothes (…???)
relaxed smooth and happy it makes your soft and smooth
Love your Skin, Love your Body
Oy vey.
OPERA
The man&woman
music to make own
nice life
by wealth farst
it is good life
Yes, people can make music – what’s the point?
OK, so they’re not too far off with “Octopus Formality” (낙지정식 is literally a formal octopus meal, much like 한정식 is a fancy / formal Korean meal once ate by kings)
If ly the nane if BTUT- BOODH
He lyca alag trat canid
Boa srtc loc ran And are lats
mt the mf in far laly
Love la tl th More >
It’s finally cooling down for some more Konglish
0SEEN in Itaewon – I could accept one typo, but four in precisely the same way? A little odd.
attractive issue
love style
issue design
attractive issue
issue design
sexy issue
love style
Lots of adjectives don’t make an single English sentence.
A well-functioned sophisticated and best in
quality created exclusively for you. Your day is
filled with happiness and love. Happiness always.
Wait, what? Again, just a few too many adjectives.
GTB
Girls Top Bar
Intellection
Academy on the ROBHGTKF REG
FDR VHEWDF JJHUGTAEKK
FGV GWEFHV HJJH G
Some kind of cipher, or just a few too many letters left More >
Korea makes Konglish like I make blog posts
0I call a work of art the sweat of this ethic. Any work that is not the sweat of an ethic ,any work not stemming from an exertion of the soul’s will more strenuous than any physical labor, any work that is too visible (since the personal ethic and the works of art it engenders cannot be seen by those who live without an ethic, or who are content to follow a standardized code), any work that persuades too readily ,will be but a decorative fantasy.
What?
As all staff of the JUNCTION PRODUCE, We are car enthusiasts who always think about customers. The one of our car specialists at the Junction More >
Konglish – the summer edition
1WHEN Korean and English gets together, it makes a baby – Konglish!
The GuiltyPartees
Wacko Maria
Freedom Renegades
Huh? This marks some of the weirder Konglish I’ve ever seen.
Simply CUTE CHE(?)
You’ll be nature Hi Green Label of designed for people who want comfortable cloth(?)
relaxed smooth and happy it makes your soft and smooth
Love your Skin, Love your Body
Konkuk University has plenty of clothing shops – but only one with some awesome Konglish.
Ninety-two and at an affordable
price of 9,900 won
Enjoying the salad bar to infinity
Ninety-two is a new concept restaurant.
40 kinds More >
Konglish, part something-or-other
2AUTHOR’S note: if you like Konglish posts, be sure to read the other posts that are tagged ‘Konglish’!
Apologies for the blurriness – the guy behind the counter did NOT want us taking pictures within the store.
Anti-calculus
All this time I had been confusing the high-school math with the stuff in my mouth….
People with dirty minds, try not to laugh too loudly – this ‘Bright Cock’ is a needed part of any badminton game, after all.
survivers
The S.T.A.R.S. member.
safety from the virus bioharardous
SPECIAI TACTICS
AND
RESCUE SERVICE
There has to be a record for the percentage of More >
Interview: a professional Konglish writer
3Author’s note: A few days ago, I had the privilege to meet Mu Jil Seo (무질서), a professional Korean writer, of sorts. The interview is paraphrased, not quoted, as the interview happened without a tape recorder.
Chris In South Korea: It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mu Jil Seo!
Mu Jil Seo: A pleasure to meet you as well. [Settles into chair, picks up his cup of coffee]
CISK: So, I’m told you’re a professional Konglish writer here in Korea?
MJS: It’s a weird title, but yes, I specialize in Konglish.
CISK: And yet, speaking to you now, you sound as though you have perfect English skills…?
MJS: More >
Konglish – spring’s coming soon!
0Born is the internet cafe who leads internet culture.
This is the place the everyone puruse
his pleasures at his convenice .
This seems so close, yet so far – seen at a (defunct?) PC bang in Seoul.
DIRTSTYLE
FUNKSH!TUP
This isn’t quite Konglish, but it’s definitely an interesting use of the English language. Seen in the Yongsan Electronics Market.
Somehow I doubt ‘METAPHOR 24′ would take off. Seen in Daegu.
We will create a new instead of going along a way
already there different way of thinking creates a new way
Yeah – classic Konglish in that it makes sense, but isn’t quite More >
Loading ...
