tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post3176867582952165533..comments2023-10-10T07:46:13.824-07:00Comments on Footnotes: Ten things to do if you live in KoreaCedarBoughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16795881445163549278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-85924395496648213642014-08-22T17:02:41.889-07:002014-08-22T17:02:41.889-07:00Same here! In addition to the reversals, I have v...Same here! In addition to the reversals, I have vision issues from migraines that make sustained focus difficult. I supported a kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gobillykorean/korean-made-simple-a-beginners-guide-to-korean) at a level to get me the print book, not caring about the ebook. But when I downloaded the ebook, I made a wonderful discovery - I can blow up the pages large enough to read! Before that I was ding copy/paste of words I couldn't see into Google translate, but that gets old fast. The example you used is great - I couldn't even guess what characters are in that! Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776605762260245516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-86139498245821153832014-08-21T22:35:57.893-07:002014-08-21T22:35:57.893-07:00I'm not dyslexic and had no trouble learning i...I'm not dyslexic and had no trouble learning it, but I do have a lazy eye and get painful eye strain very quickly. Hangeul texts in small print or less than ideal fonts are absolutely brutal compared with alphabets that separate letters. A word like 확률 seems like somebody's cruel joke.jinrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155470600628162027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-87026414122807984802014-07-31T18:30:07.173-07:002014-07-31T18:30:07.173-07:00Hi Judith!
That's a good point, for someone w...Hi Judith! <br />That's a good point, for someone with dyslexia (which although common is not the case for most people) Korean would be quite a pain to learn. I think we can agree, though, that for someone who doesn't have dyslexia these same issues are not present, and so all of those folks do not have a legitimate reason to complain that it's hard. CedarBoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795881445163549278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-57294496722981091682014-07-30T03:32:27.407-07:002014-07-30T03:32:27.407-07:00Good list, but your first point is way off the mar...Good list, but your first point is way off the mark. If you are dyslexic or have trouble with reversals - that is, your brain has difficulty interpreting things left of right, up or down - it is the language from hell to learn. All the vowels are reversible. Sanskrit/Hindi was easy to learn to sound out, but learning Korean is the hardest thing I have ever attempted in my learning-disabled life. Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776605762260245516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080549027049886425.post-53195737383034198652014-07-26T09:08:03.502-07:002014-07-26T09:08:03.502-07:00I lolled really badly on number 6! I lolled really badly on number 6! WChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289152484554333323noreply@blogger.com