Re: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself)
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 2, 2001, 6:38 |
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>From: Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
>Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 18:04:18 -0800
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>On Saturday, December 1, 2001, at 04:59 , Adam Walker wrote:
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>>There aren't nearly as many Christians in North Korea as there are in
>>South
>>Korea (one of the most Christian nations on earth), but there are
>>significant numbers of highly persecuted underground Christians.
>>
>>Adam
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>According to Barry Strauss (a classical historian at Cornell who's also
>been learning about Korean history, especially the Imjin War--I took a
>class from him on the subject), the main reason South Koreans are
>Christians is because the Japanese during the occupation adamantly weren't.
> I don't know how true this is, but it sure *sounds* like a very Korean
>motivation. :-/
Well, I don't think it's very true since msot of the real growth of
Christianinty in South Korea has been since the 50's, but the Japanese did
brutally persecute the Christians of Korea since they adamantly refused to
worship before Shinto shrines.
I've been reading the autobiography of one of those Korean Christians,
Esther Ahn Kim, (Ahn Ei Sook) called If I Perish. Eventhough translated
into fluent English form the Korean Chugumyon Chugurira, the prose is *very*
Korean. If you changed all the names to Bob and Sue, I think I could still
tell that a Korean wrote the book. The communication style is that
distinctive.
Adam
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