Questions tagged [konglish]
Konglish is short for 'Korean-style English' (한국어식 영어) - a style of English used by Koreans.
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What percentage of Korean vocabulary is derived/borrowed from English?
The Wikipedia article on Sino-Korean vocabulary states that Sino-Korean words make up about 60% of the Korean vocabulary (though by frequency of usage, the percentage is lower).
Are there any ...
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Apart from '귀차니즘', are there any other kinds of 'isms' in Korean?
I recently learned the word '귀차니즘' - laziness - , from '귀찮다' and the English suffix '-ism'. It seems like adding '-ism' should be quite productive but I couldn't think of any other 'Konglish' words ...
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