On January 12 2007 14:38 jkillashark wrote:
Cool. I don't.
33. 괴물 - Scary scary nickname.
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Cool. I don't.
33. 괴물 - Scary scary nickname.
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Goe mul - means monster in Korean
this is the oov one right?
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thedeadhaji
39472 Posts
On January 12 2007 14:38 jkillashark wrote: Show nested quote + On January 12 2007 14:16 Kennigit wrote: personally i feel that Dreamer is one of the only nicks that truly describes the style of the player Cool. I don't. 33. 괴물 - Scary scary nickname. + Show Spoiler + Goe mul - means monster in Korean this is the oov one right? | ||
jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
On January 12 2007 16:26 thedeadhaji wrote: Show nested quote + On January 12 2007 14:38 jkillashark wrote: On January 12 2007 14:16 Kennigit wrote: personally i feel that Dreamer is one of the only nicks that truly describes the style of the player Cool. I don't. 33. 괴물 - Scary scary nickname. + Show Spoiler + Goe mul - means monster in Korean this is the oov one right? Right. ;D | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
怪物~~~ | ||
ffaakkoovv
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rinizim
Korea (South)187 Posts
그분 - This is very hard to explain in english, but to anyone who know little korean, its just so hilarious becasue it is so simple. Basically this literally means 'he' as in a pronoun, but as oppossed to '그' meaning 'he', '그분' is a sincere form of 'he', referring to a senior with respect. This fad caught on, and the word '그분' just became its own noun referring to you know who. Crater face Terran - I don't like maikng fun of people by their appearance because I am ugly myself. But, I had to give into this one. Iris. 수달 - Otter, Nada. Of all the nicknames nada has, believe it or not, this is the most frequently used one by the regular fans in korea. 들쿠달스 엠프즈넥틈 - dlqudals emfznekftm. I wrote a long footnote on this one on my previous interview translation. Let's see if I can find it. There we go. http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=45652 It's much less of a fad now, but still intact. Tour Bus Driver - Choi Yungsung. oov Now, I am not sure how many people know the origin of this nickname. It all starts from progamers, obviously. Progamers, in private, use profane words. Swearing words, describing certain strategies and sorts. Among them was the word "gang gan", meaning rape. The progamers use the word "gang gan", just as we use the word 'rape' to describe one-sided matches. However, you have to understand that in Korea, the use of such word is generally much more frowned upon. You know, culture difference. So, the word 'gang gan' transformed into a word 'gwan gang' which sounds similar(though really not), but has a totally different meaning. 'gwan gang' means tourism. And the one who leads people into "tourism" by a "tourist bus" would be named the "bus driver". This idea came right out after the match between oov and goodfriend in nostalgia, where oov led goodfriend into "tourism" with 200 wraiths, when goodfriend was defending with goliath and turrets. There came to be many photoshopped images, where oov is driving a bus, and goodfriend as one of the passengers. (We all have seen that picture once or twice). A similar conceptual word to "tourism" is Andromeda. The Koreans will pronounce that word syllable by syllable, 안드로메다. It is basically the same concept. A progamer will send the opponent into "tourism" to visit Andromeda... a distant, far far away galaxy. So the Koreans(and even the commentators) will use phrases like, "Ah, He will be paying a visit to Andromeda!", or phrases like, "Whoa, oov has seated himself in the driver's seat, ready for a take off." They are really funny. (But, they will not use the word 'gwan gang', because it still resembles the word 'rape'.) There are so many more, but it'd be too tedious for you to go through the language barriers. So I'll stop. | ||
ffaakkoovv
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Polemarch
Canada1564 Posts
funny how in both korean and english we use the words for rape to describe being beaten badly in a game, haha | ||
lightman
United States731 Posts
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kroko
Finland2136 Posts
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Loveletter
United States543 Posts
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KizZBG
u gotta skate8152 Posts
On January 12 2007 18:56 Loveletter wrote: Because after his bamboo rush failed he sucked balls i think. Is that the answer to the above post o_O? During a game he forced the game to be paused so he could take a shit. | ||
Gokey
United States2722 Posts
lol, and "otter" for Nada? I didn't even know they made fun of his looks there too =) | ||
Myxomatosis
United States2392 Posts
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thedeadhaji
39472 Posts
On January 12 2007 19:13 KizZBG wrote: Show nested quote + On January 12 2007 18:56 Loveletter wrote: Because after his bamboo rush failed he sucked balls i think. Is that the answer to the above post o_O? During a game he forced the game to be paused so he could take a shit. it's in progaming incidents somewhere | ||
We Are Here
Australia1810 Posts
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Last Romantic
United States20661 Posts
On January 12 2007 22:47 We Are Here wrote: why is yellow storm zerg? i dont get that back when he was top gamer he attacked and attacked and didn't let his opponents rest at all. things like nine pool into mutalisk harass into really fast guardians into defilerlurkling, stuff like that. so they said playing him was like being in a storm, you just get buffeted around and beaten up. gundam is shit terran 'cause one game he was like PPP WC WC WC WC WC and ran off to take a shit. | ||
jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
On January 12 2007 16:47 alffla wrote: haha 'goe'? i think it should be more like gweh. 怪物~~~ You are right and wrong. It is pronounced gweh, but I'm a stickler for correct romanization. You never see it spelled: Chweh Yeon-seong do you? Correct romanizaiton: Choe Yeon-seong Korea actually came out with official romanization rules in 2000. A lot of people choose not to use it. Particularly those already in America who spell their last name "wrong" according to new romanization rules. For example: My last name is 박 or Bak in Korean. But I spell it Pak. A while back I was actually planning on writing a Korean romanization thread but nobody really cares too much for spelling Korean in English. | ||
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