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Sorry Dan, JHK.
I didn't mean any anger.
I seriously need to check my spelling.
I'll definitely go for higher quality posts from
now on.
This seems irresponsible in hindsight.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 6:59
PM
Subject: Re: Chosin Few
Will..
Your you last paragraph is a Strawman
argument.
Has nothing to do with correcting an error.
Everyplace you go you see spelling errors.
I cannot understand the
anger correcting a few words.
Dan Fahey
Will Massey wrote:
>I say this because it is important to
teach Americans the
>true Korean name for "Chosin Reservoir." If you talk
to
>Koreans that you
fought at Chosin Reservoir, no one will understand
it. This is not
true. There are Koreans in the organisation who understand
it.Also - wouldn't those
Koreans be the translators? Why is it important forKorean Nationals to understand an American English
Term? >Likewise,
by teaching Americans the wrong name, you also perpetuate the
>mistake. From the perspective of someone who is not an
ethnic Korean there's nobig
deal concerning this. What dangers does this mistake
provide? Even as recently
as 8/29, in calling for a pre-emptive
>military attack on Iraq in his speech before
Korean War veterans,
>even Dick Cheney repeated the mistaken name: "...the successful
fighting
>withdrawal
from the death trap of the Chosin Reservoir"
>That was the worst history lesson on K.W. I
ever heard. Really?
Don't you read North Korean versions of the war?IS the mistaken name as bad as the grossly
exagerrated casualties inflicted uponthe American forces by the DPRK or the grossly exagerrated
attrocities commited byAmerican
forces according to the DPRK?
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