Eh, Korea had its own share of awkward attempts. It's hard to predict which terms will be accepted. E.g., in early 90's, some people tried to use daramjwi (li

Eh, Korea had its own share of awkward attempts. It's hard to predict which terms will be accepted. E.g., in early 90's, some people tried to use daramjwi (literally, "squirrel") for mouse. I'm not sure what they were thinking - a (computer) mouse doesn't look like a squirrel at all. The term didn't survive. Even worse offender was the Hercules graphics card, which was widely popular at that time. I think the same group of people tried to "translate" it into cheonha jangsa (something like "the strongest man on earth") - because, you know, Hercules the son of Zeus was known to be the strongest man on earth! (Never mind Hercules was a brand name here.)