[lbo-talk] North Korea goes online

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 26 02:08:12 PDT 2004


Yeah, but this is kinda higher stakes... They're doing PR for the most vilified government in the world. If I were a North Korean PR guy, I would be more spiffy.

Which isn't to say that bad translation/transfer of concepts across cultures doesn't play a role at all.

--- Gary? <sladeg at verizon.net> wrote:
> Chris Doss wrote:
>
> > What I don't get is why North Koreans are putting
> this
> > stuff on the web in English. Are they unaware that
> it
> > makes them look stupid?
> >
> haven't you ever read a Japaneses appliance manual ?
>
> Gary?
> ride si sapis
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