Oddities and such.

Here are a few interesting Korean (and not-so-Korean) sights.


Never Stop? Never stop what? Same in Korean writing also (nay-beo s-top), so no help there.


Parma...must be a perm set with Italian cheese in it!


This is "Po-ka Chip". Not potato chip? And as far as I know Koreans aren't even allowed to go to casinos or do Western gambling in Korea.


But they can play go-stop. Each suit (there are 12) signifies a month. Since Koreans don't have a December (they call it 12th month) you can think of each month as a number (1, 2, 3...) And since all cars in Korea have their cellophone # displayed in the front window so those they block in can call them to move their car this driver put his # in go-stop code (the cards are called 화투/hwa-too). The number reads: 011-546-9948 in case you want to give him a call to move his car. (Rules and stuff here.)


Here's one from New York, I guess. I think the stylized "A" in Austin is a bit over the top, though.

And from my kid's Frosted Flakes box; this sounds like a marketing gimmick the losing team on The Apprentice might come up with--what were they thinking!??! This is my first encounter with Konglish in a pure English setting (The French translation is exactly the same.)


"In much the same was the gas pedal..."?? What kid thinks of a gas pedal for what it if and knows the phrase "in much the same way"? "And just like a car needs oil..."? Very strange.

That's all for now.