The Korean Anti-AIDS Federation asked the public a couple months ago to help them come up with a Korean name for “condom” so they could begin their safe-sex campaign. The public picked aepil, which roughly translates into “the necessity in having sex.” The organization was all set to launch their campaign when they started getting complaints from people named … Aepil. Turns out there are maybe 10 people in South Korea with this name.
The federation doesn’t want to offend anyone, so they’re going to ask for a new name next year.
First, I think it’s a little silly to delay a safe-sex campaign because a few people have the same name as the newly designated Korean word for condom. On top of that — why are these people complaining? They have the greatest name in South Korea. “Hi — I am the necessity in having sex. Bow down before me! Er, I mean, uh … bend over before me.”
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mer | 08-Dec-04 at 4:00 am | Permalink
name association never stopped the ever occuring influx of Dick’s and B.J.’s on birth certificates…that said, I wonder how many kids were named B.J. after ‘B.J. and the Bear’???
Aepil has a Fonzie feel when you say it right.
…mmmmmmm….Fonzie feel….
Tony | 08-Dec-04 at 8:28 am | Permalink
I’m just wondering what took Korea so long to name the condom? Couldn’t they call it “Condom” or use another language as a source? Very silly.
Hi JSA…..
Robert, formerly Bob before becoming a highbrow. | 09-Dec-04 at 12:50 am | Permalink
Huh, then what is the korean word for ‘THE pill’?