I took the link off the plane crash thread. I had no idea what was up. As soon as Sum Ting Wong appeared on the screen my face went :eek::dubious::D:p:smack: in 0.2 seconds.
That was some funny shit.
I hear you can get a big dish of Beef Chow Mein there.
Forged documents are somewhat harder to confirm in a few minutes that obviously fake names.
I hate Fox News as much as any sane person but the local affiliates aren’t really the same as the network.
KTVU is probably the most respected local television news outfit in the Bay Area. They certainly have the least fluff in their newscasts out of any of the local stations. Other than having access to footage and content from Fox News, they basically have nothing to do with them.
Really? Then only because those people were simpletons.
Guess you don’t like name puns then. Too bad, its your loss.
Ima and Ura were popular women’s names between 1880 and 1930. Basically our grandmothers and great grandmothers.
After she struck out as a weather girl, it looks like Kelly Bundy tried being an anchorwoman.
She read it as Ho {pause} Lee {pause} Fook. It almost sounded authentic that way. Besides, she was pretty deep into it at that point. Probably better to pretend ignorance than admit the names sounded wrong.
Nah, I’ll have the Cream of Sum Yung Gai.
Wei Lo Tu Ha Ha
Man, that’s low. I mean, Sofa King low.
That’s a favorite amongst visiting sailors. They love the pan fried seamen.
I just wish Carrie Nation`s daughter had been namednamed Ura.
CNN describes it as a CNN affiliate.
The worst part is that the “names” don’t even look Korean. The individual syllables look more like Chinese stereotype names, and they’re also formatted incorrectly for Korean names. Korean given names are typically represented in Roman characters by connecting the two syllables with a hyphen.
That said, I have to admit that I don’t get “Bang Ding Ow”.
+1 for the idea that the anchor had likely not said or heard the names out loud prior to broadcast. Even if she had read them ahead of time, her eyes would likely have glossed over them, saw no difficult pronunciation problems, and moved on.
Half way through, she realizes she’s likely being pranked, but what can she do? Unlesss she is absolutely certain (and who thinks that fast?) do you really think she would stop and say “These names are fake!”. I mean, what if they weren’t? THAT might come off as racist.
Bang-impact of plane, Ding-impact of pilot’s head, Ow-reaction of impact of pilot’s head.
I guess they do all look alike to round-eyes.
Apparently. I can’t claim that I can easily tell Koreans from Chinese from Japanese simply by appearance, but if I see the person’s name it’s usually a dead giveaway.