Postby The Imperialist » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:51 am
Regarding the above,
You were talking with people (guides, and the guide watchers) who were specifically taught English to be their profession.
I would say considering what I hear bout KIS unveristy, KJI military political academy and a few other places, the hackers may not have had a proper fully fleshed out English education like their compatriots in the more specific propaganda departments of the party.
And yes, I have seen and read the textbooks that is used for English education as part of my studies in NK, and it is a bit... strange to say the least. I mean, they can get 'The light of Juche shines across the world' and all that relatively right but things like 'John sits in the chair' does crop up. Also, the paper quality of said textbook is crappy compared to say (not in English), the textbook 'The Revolutionary Exploits of the blessed/dear mother of the nation Kim Jong-suk'. They spend what, three to six times more time on the study of the personal history of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong-suk than maths or English or any other single critical subject. (And there is the whole hilarity about '3 People's Army soldiers killed 90 American Imperialist aggressors, how many imperialist dogs did each People's Army soldier kill')
However, hackers would be party cadre so it might be strange if they are magnificently incompetent at English, but that does not appear to be the case.
I would say the presence of broken English would not be totally strange.
I feel old