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“ A banner … signed by a club called “Women Rooting for Cho Gue-sung’s Pursuit of Happiness.” Knowing Korean women, this seems to me a bad engliah translation

“ A banner … signed by a club called “Women Rooting for Cho Gue-sung’s Pursuit of Happiness.” Knowing Korean women, this seems to me a bad engliah translation of a very corny phrase.

huytersd 3y ago
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- gumby 3y ago
  In America “root” means “barrack” so probably the translation pun you were thinking of wasn’t intended.
  - dgoldstein0 3y ago
    Barrack??? Was that a typo? As a verb, it means "cheer" - they are cheering for him. Plenty of other meanings use as a noun, but that's not how it's used here
    - HPsquared 3y ago
      Looks like it's an Aus/NZ thing. Funnily enough the British meaning is the opposite (to jeer).
    - gumby 3y ago
      Yes, but in Australia root means to fuck. Also the somewhat old fashioned phrase “Up the [magpies or other team]” also would have the opposite meaning in the US than it does in Aus. In fact I hear the US meaning more and more, probably due to TV
  - LargeTomato 3y ago
    "Root for" someone means to cheer for someone or look forward to someone's success. You root for sports teams, your kid to do well on their test, or for your candidate to win an election. Barrack in British English can mean to jeer or boo someone. That's the opposite of root. I've never heard the word barrack used like this in America.
    - gumby 3y ago
      In australia we use barrack the opposite way you do, apparently. I assumed the GP was an aussie, but it seems some people didn't like my comment.
almostnormal 3y ago
The article mentions family-friedliness. That indicates a non-vanishing number of women at the events have kids and are likley in a relationship. Would men in other societies accept their significant other rooting for other men with corny phrases? I'm reading "horny" here, but nontheless. Would the female partner accept that the male one brings his cameras for photos of cheerleaders only? I'm pretty sure it is "no", which explains why this isn't similar elsewhere. Is this small piece of understanding I tried to derive anywhere near correct? (I don't think I should ask my korean colleagues for verification.)
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  >The article mentions family-friedliness. That indicates a non-vanishing number of women at the events have kids and are likley in a relationship. I don't have kids but I would nonetheless appreciate family friendliness. It's a public event in a public space, after all. Sex and implications of such should be left within the walls of your bedroom, or at least a love hotel. >Would men in other societies accept their significant other rooting for other men with corny phrases? I'm reading "horny" here, but nontheless. >Would the female partner accept that the male one brings his cameras for photos of cheerleaders only? Why not? If anything, demanding someone not do something for no reason besides "I am offended." is a flagrant violation of human rights. I'm not married and never plan to, but hypothetically if I had a wife and she wanted to cheer for a man besides me? More power to her, I say. It's none of my business. I too would cheer for a woman besides her if I felt like it.

“ A banner … signed by a club called “Women Rooting for Cho Gue-sung’s Pursuit of Happiness.” Knowing Korean women, this seems to me a bad engliah translation of a very corny phrase.

huytersd 3y ago

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gumby 3y ago
In America “root” means “barrack” so probably the translation pun you were thinking of wasn’t intended.
- dgoldstein0 3y ago
  Barrack??? Was that a typo? As a verb, it means "cheer" - they are cheering for him. Plenty of other meanings use as a noun, but that's not how it's used here
  - HPsquared 3y ago
    Looks like it's an Aus/NZ thing. Funnily enough the British meaning is the opposite (to jeer).
  - gumby 3y ago
    Yes, but in Australia root means to fuck. Also the somewhat old fashioned phrase “Up the [magpies or other team]” also would have the opposite meaning in the US than it does in Aus. In fact I hear the US meaning more and more, probably due to TV
- LargeTomato 3y ago
  "Root for" someone means to cheer for someone or look forward to someone's success. You root for sports teams, your kid to do well on their test, or for your candidate to win an election. Barrack in British English can mean to jeer or boo someone. That's the opposite of root. I've never heard the word barrack used like this in America.
  - gumby 3y ago
    In australia we use barrack the opposite way you do, apparently. I assumed the GP was an aussie, but it seems some people didn't like my comment.

almostnormal 3y ago

The article mentions family-friedliness. That indicates a non-vanishing number of women at the events have kids and are likley in a relationship. Would men in other societies accept their significant other rooting for other men with corny phrases? I'm reading "horny" here, but nontheless. Would the female partner accept that the male one brings his cameras for photos of cheerleaders only? I'm pretty sure it is "no", which explains why this isn't similar elsewhere. Is this small piece of understanding I tried to derive anywhere near correct? (I don't think I should ask my korean colleagues for verification.)

Dalewyn 3y ago
>The article mentions family-friedliness. That indicates a non-vanishing number of women at the events have kids and are likley in a relationship. I don't have kids but I would nonetheless appreciate family friendliness. It's a public event in a public space, after all. Sex and implications of such should be left within the walls of your bedroom, or at least a love hotel. >Would men in other societies accept their significant other rooting for other men with corny phrases? I'm reading "horny" here, but nontheless. >Would the female partner accept that the male one brings his cameras for photos of cheerleaders only? Why not? If anything, demanding someone not do something for no reason besides "I am offended." is a flagrant violation of human rights. I'm not married and never plan to, but hypothetically if I had a wife and she wanted to cheer for a man besides me? More power to her, I say. It's none of my business. I too would cheer for a woman besides her if I felt like it.