Showing posts with label Konglish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Konglish. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

What the Wednesday: Konglish Edition

This week's "What the..." Wednesday is part one of a series I am beginning especially for WTW called, "Konglish". Now Konglish is obviously a mix between Korean and English. (Did I really need to explain that?) It happens everywhere in Korea and causes native English speakers to stop, read, and laugh. It happens in/on apparel, Kdramas, Kpop, shampoo bottles, stuff posing as ketchup...you get the gist. So for the introduction to Konglish I bring you a grocery bag from my local store. Simple enough right?

Just a normal bag the fantastically wonderful baker woman put my bread in.

But upon closer inspection...

Konglish at it's best.

Now, the baker woman at my grocery store truly is awesome and always smiles when she sees me, waves hello, even if I don't buy anything from her. And if you overlook the mistakes, it's really a sweet little message; kind of makes your heart go "ahhh, I am cared about!"