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2/20/2003

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— Nick @ 2:26 pm

24 feb 2003: this is wrong. ~~I just found out that “Eon” is Korean for “vulgar.”~~ And Peter “Aeon Flux” Chung comes from Korea. So, “Vulgar state of change?” Well, Trevor is the clean and tidy one. Interesting.

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http://djslim.com slim

The word you’re referring to (spelled “Eon” on that webpage) doesn’t sound like the “eon” in “Aeon”. :(

It’s pronounced “Un” with “U” not sounding like the “u” in “fun”, but more like the invisible vowel sound you get between “g” and “r” in “great”.

I wonder who came up with the idea of spelling it “eon”… grrr
http://www.fox-gieg.com Nick

Thanks…you know, I felt a twinge of suspicion yesterday, when I learned that “Eun-Hi” is pronounced “In-He.” (In the same day, I also found out that I say “corridor” and “Iranian” wrong, too.)
http://djslim.com slim

Actually, the “Eun” in “Eun-hi” and the “Eon” the webpage refers to are identical (in sound)…. I wonder if the latest movement to standardize the romanization of the Korean alphabet does a better job of handling all this… -.-;;