Thanks..
Dan
Will Massey wrote:
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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