andyjeffries
Senior Master
How do you refer to someone who does Taekwondo?
I'd always understood the correct term was Taekwondoin. I saw today though that the UK Telegraph (major national newspaper in the UK) suggests the term Taekwonda. I've heard others combining English and Korean to come up with Taekwondoist. On a related topic, I'm a stickler for not pluralising Korean words - so 1 Taekwondoin, 1000000 Taekwondoin. Am I the only one, or do others pluralise Korean words when used in English sentences?
What do you guys use?
Also, they suggest Taekwondo is played rather than fought. When I was younger (a child) I always used to consider "playing" an insult to be often met with "if you think it's playing, you step in the ring with one of us". Recently (with the advent of the UFC) I do consider it playing a game with a ruleset rather than fighting.
What do you guys think - player or fighter?
I'd always understood the correct term was Taekwondoin. I saw today though that the UK Telegraph (major national newspaper in the UK) suggests the term Taekwonda. I've heard others combining English and Korean to come up with Taekwondoist. On a related topic, I'm a stickler for not pluralising Korean words - so 1 Taekwondoin, 1000000 Taekwondoin. Am I the only one, or do others pluralise Korean words when used in English sentences?
What do you guys use?
Also, they suggest Taekwondo is played rather than fought. When I was younger (a child) I always used to consider "playing" an insult to be often met with "if you think it's playing, you step in the ring with one of us". Recently (with the advent of the UFC) I do consider it playing a game with a ruleset rather than fighting.
What do you guys think - player or fighter?