Korea Times: Sloppy English May Embarass "Worldcup"

Grant Barrett vze36g5m at VERIZON.NET
Mon Feb 25 13:54:16 UTC 2002


The Korea Times opens a huge can of worms concerning the, uh, not strictly
Strunk & White grammar and spelling being used for Korea's role as host for
the FIFA World Cup, starting with the mistake of spelling it as "Worldcup"
on the stadium itself.

http://www.hankooki.com/times/200202/t2002022418162240110.htm

A great comment on the subject from an non-Korean English teacher in Korea
can be found here:

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/15060#231692



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