Mad Gab

Sometimes reading Korean feels a little bit like playing Mad Gab. In the game Mad Gab, you read a nonsense phrase and try to figure out the real words that phrase sounds like. For example, "pier steers" sounds like "pierced ears" (thank you wikipedia for that example).

Many words in Korean are borrowed from English, but don't sound like exactly like English once they are put in the Korean alphabet. Join the game and see if you can figure these out:

When you read it in Korean it sounds like:

dohminoh pija









But it comes from the English for...

Domino's Pizza


When you read it in Korean it sounds like:

Kehee epuh shi


















But it comes from the English for...

KFC (which also serves hamburgers in addition to fried chicken)

Isn't this a fun game?