Logged into Flickr for the first time in a while, and was greeted in Korean. Or at least that is what they tell me. They have a script installed that will randomly great you in a different language every time you visit their site. It just so happens that I caught the Korean greeting they have as soon as I signed in.
Only problem is, I have never heard of this word ever. I don’t speak Korean, but I know, or at least thought I knew all the greetings and salutations. My wife made sure I knew at least that much so I wouldn’t be rude when meeting her friends and family.
So thinking either I am an idiot or Flickr is wrong, I Googled it.
…and the jury is back. I am an idiot. According the Omniglot.com they have a list of how to say “Nice to meet you”, “Honoured to meet you”, or something similar in 82 different languages.
(They misspelled Honored, not me, grammar Nazi’s can address this issue with them.)
Maybe there is a chance that after 82 languages they make the same mistake that Flickr made. Or maybe I am just that much of an idiot for thinking that.
Sunday, 21. December 2008
I just went through the same thing. I am married to a Korean and know a few words. That one however I had never heard before and also googled it. Maybe we are both idiots
Monday, 22. December 2008
Hey I’m not korean but I’ve been living in Seoul, Korea and I know that hello is 안녕하세요 (Ahn-young-ha-say-yo). When I logged into Flickr about 5-10 minutes ago and I saw “Bangawoyo” I was thought “What on earth? I’ve never even heard this once in my three years living in Korea, Flickr MUST be wrong” So I googled “Bangawoyo” and I got your page
Glad a few other people are thinking the same as me.
Don’t worry, we are not idiots.
…or are we…?