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China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe [ 1 ] beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam , nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War.
The Gyeongsang dialect is one of the best-known South Korean dialects, known not only by Koreans but also by foreigners interested in Korean culture. The Gyeongsang dialect is frequently characterized as the most "rough" and "macho" dialect of all South Korean dialects. The Gyeongsang dialect is one of the most common dialects employed in K-dramas.
China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at a military evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to the Western nickname for My Khe beach, located on the coast of Da Nang, Vietnam. The ABC TV drama aired for four seasons over three years, from 1988 to 1991.
Korean is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [a] [1] [3] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.In the north, the language is known as Chosŏnŏ (North Korean: 조선어) and in the south, its known as Hangugeo (South Korean: 한국어).
In the Pyongan dialect an eight vowel system is used (이·에·애·으·어·아·우·오). The sound of 어 is much closer to that of 오 compared to other dialects as it is [ɔ], the rounded equivalent to South Korean [ʌ̹]. [citation needed] 으 is also closer to [i] than to [ɨ], e.g. 그렇다 becomes 기렇다. However, the opposite ...
The beach was referred to as China Beach, but technically was My Khe and marked the first time U.S. troops officially set foot in Vietnam when 3,500 soldiers disembarked there in 1965. [3] What started initially as a small lifeguard outpost, grew into a major surf club with soldiers bringing surfboards back from the states.
In South Korea, the dialect is referred to as Goryeomal (고려말) or Central Asian Korean (중앙아시아한국어). In Russia and other former Soviet states , the language is referred to as Koryo-mar ( корё мар ) or Koryo-mal' ( корё маль ), of which the former reflects the spoken form while the latter reflects the literary ...
The Gyeonggi dialect (Korean: 경기 방언) or Seoul dialect (서울 사투리; 서울말) of the Korean language is the prestige dialect in South Korea, as well as the basis of the standardized form of the language in the country.