Comments on: Get Your Game On, Miguk http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Josh Slack http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5064 Josh Slack Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:22:36 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5064 In chinese, America is not \'e7\'b1\'b3\'e5\'9b\'bd (ph. mee-gwo) "rice country", it is actually \'e7\'be\'8e\'e5\'9b\'bd (ph. may-gwo) "beautiful country". Slightly more flattering. Like most foreign words indeed a phonetical choice, but they also tend to pick characters that have a positive meaning as well. They could have picked \'e6\'b2\rquote\'e5\'9b\'bd and it would have sounded the same but meant "not a country". :P In chinese, America is not \’e7\’b1\’b3\’e5\’9b\’bd (ph. mee-gwo) “rice country”, it is actually \’e7\’be\’8e\’e5\’9b\’bd (ph. may-gwo) “beautiful country”. Slightly more flattering. Like most foreign words indeed a phonetical choice, but they also tend to pick characters that have a positive meaning as well. They could have picked \’e6\’b2\rquote\’e5\’9b\’bd and it would have sounded the same but meant “not a country”. :P

]]> By: Patrick McKenzie http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5063 Patrick McKenzie Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:09:20 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5063 In Japanese/Chinese America is written as "rice country" (\'e7\'b1\'b3\'e5\'9b\'bd), despite our noted lack of rice (well, when compared to Japan/China). This is because waaaaaay back when somebody in China was trying to spell America phonetically and ended up with the Chinese equivalent of that. My guess is Korean settled on \'e7\'be\'8e\'e5\'9b\'bd (sp? Sorry, can't speak Korean) for roughly the same reason. In Japanese/Chinese America is written as “rice country” (\’e7\’b1\’b3\’e5\’9b\’bd), despite our noted lack of rice (well, when compared to Japan/China). This is because waaaaaay back when somebody in China was trying to spell America phonetically and ended up with the Chinese equivalent of that. My guess is Korean settled on \’e7\’be\’8e\’e5\’9b\’bd (sp? Sorry, can’t speak Korean) for roughly the same reason.

]]> By: Apache http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5062 Apache Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:55:37 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5062 The html is broken on the front page for this story, or it doesnt like IE. One of the two. The html is broken on the front page for this story, or it doesnt like IE. One of the two.

]]> By: Robin Kestrel http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5061 Robin Kestrel Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:05:28 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5061 Yes, yes it is. Yes, yes it is.

]]> By: Cake http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5055 Cake Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:49:25 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5055 I understand Hanguk for Korea (basically Korean country), Choongguk (Middle country/kingdom) for China and Ilbon (literally Origin of the Sun, or Land of the Rising Sun if you are allowed some literary leeway) for Japan. However Miguk (Beautiful country) for America has always baffled me.<br> <br> I'm not saying it isn't beautiful, but is it so strikingly beautiful that you should refer to it as "beautiful country"? I understand Hanguk for Korea (basically Korean country), Choongguk (Middle country/kingdom) for China and Ilbon (literally Origin of the Sun, or Land of the Rising Sun if you are allowed some literary leeway) for Japan. However Miguk (Beautiful country) for America has always baffled me.

I’m not saying it isn’t beautiful, but is it so strikingly beautiful that you should refer to it as “beautiful country”?

]]> By: Mist http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5060 Mist Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:30:20 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5060 http://www.everybody-dies.com/<br> <br> I'm prepared. http://www.everybody-dies.com/

I’m prepared.

]]> By: TheeNickster http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 TheeNickster Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:48:59 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5059 I knew Canada was acting too casual! They don't want to face off against us crazy video gamers though, just ask Hilary what happens! I knew Canada was acting too casual! They don’t want to face off against us crazy video gamers though, just ask Hilary what happens!

]]> By: Boanerges http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5058 Boanerges Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:47:03 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5058 North Korea and Kim Jong Il are the top developers of a game called "Global Thermonuclear War". Maybe we need to get him to play tic-tac-toe with himself. North Korea and Kim Jong Il are the top developers of a game called “Global Thermonuclear War”. Maybe we need to get him to play tic-tac-toe with himself.

]]> By: Ironwood http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5057 Ironwood Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:30:35 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5057 Wow, That's a Cheery Thought.<br> <br> Thanks. Wow, That’s a Cheery Thought.

Thanks.

]]> By: J. http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/comment-page-1/#comment-5056 J. Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:42:33 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/08/get-your-game-on-miguk/#comment-5056 Eventually, the whole world will be like South Korea, furiously pursuing the latest in entertainment, desperately attempting to amuse itself while just beyond its borders, madmen plot to play some of the same games with real bombs and real guns and real death. Eventually, the whole world will be like South Korea, furiously pursuing the latest in entertainment, desperately attempting to amuse itself while just beyond its borders, madmen plot to play some of the same games with real bombs and real guns and real death.

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