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2003-05-10 Korea

Rodong Sinmun calls for demonstrating might of single-hearted unity

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-10 09:46 am|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What is it about Communist dictatorships and run-on sentences?

Posted by Dushan 5/10/2003 11:15:00 AM|| 5/10/2003 11:15:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 An entire nation gone stark, drooling mad. Kinda frightening.

Posted by Dave D. 2003-05-10 10:14:12|| 2003-05-10 10:14:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder how many are genuinely stark, drooling mad, and how many are only pretending? Mind you, given the behaviour of their brothers and sisters south of the DMZ, the signs don't look too encouraging.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-05-10 10:33:43|| 2003-05-10 10:33:43|| Front Page Top

#4 The "arduous march". Ha! Yeah, we'll be damned if that showoff Mao will one-up us!

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-10 10:38:30|| 2003-05-10 10:38:30|| Front Page Top

#5 arduous march = through the DMZ minefield

Posted by Frank G 2003-05-10 10:41:24|| 2003-05-10 10:41:24|| Front Page Top

#6 What is it about Communist dictatorships and run-on sentences?

Posted by Dushan 2003-05-10 11:15:00|| 2003-05-10 11:15:00|| Front Page Top

#7 9.9! I don;t think there is a threat of a sea of fire...

Posted by Brian 2003-05-10 15:03:40|| 2003-05-10 15:03:40|| Front Page Top

#8 I'll give it an 6.4. Points taken off for no mention of the "sea of fire", or Kimme's trying out syringes. Also, no mention of reckless nations running amuck.

Still, adequately breathless prose.

/Russian Judge

Posted by Crescend 2003-05-10 15:50:30|| 2003-05-10 15:50:30|| Front Page Top

#9 There's a school of thought that says that North Korean rhetoric gets most shrill right before they're about to give in to something. One reason is so when the crisis dies down, the Party can turn around and say to the people, "You see, the strength of the people, led by the Great Leader/Dear Leader/Fat Guy with a Bad Do, has scared the imperialists away!" They've done that on a number of occasions before.

BTW, about the run-on sentences, Korean allows for constructions that would ordinarily be termed run-ons in English, and North Korean rhetorical style seems to call for monsterously long sentences. If you're a translator in Pyongyang who has never met a native speaker, I could imagine you'd have trouble breaking up the sentences into something reasonably intelligible to most of the English-speaking world. I tried to translate one of KCNA's Korean-language posts the other day, and truth be told, even I had trouble doing it without resorting to run-ons. Gave me a friggin headache.

Posted by The Marmot 2003-05-10 16:04:39|| [marmotshole.blogspot.com] 2003-05-10 16:04:39|| Front Page Top

#10 *holds up card* 8.4. Good performance, adequate length, but somewhat lacking in descriptive prose of the fate of invading armies. good showing with regard to ass kissing.

Posted by Ptah 2003-05-10 16:29:02|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-05-10 16:29:02|| Front Page Top

#11 7.0 Good display of drooling lunacy marred by spastic repetion of the three same phrases.

Posted by Watcher 2003-05-11 06:51:20|| 2003-05-11 06:51:20|| Front Page Top

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