The Soviet Reporter to Korea / 조선 · 10 months agoIf North Korea is undemocratic, what is the USA?imagemessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down120
arrow-up1102arrow-down1imageIf North Korea is undemocratic, what is the USA?The Soviet Reporter to Korea / 조선 · 10 months agomessage-square98linkfedilink
minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoYeah, that’s got me baffled too. I tried a few searches, and all I was getting was results about how the DPRK and ROK differ in alphabetization
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 months agoI think it’s a mistranslation of literacy rate.
minus-squareKrupskayaPraxislinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoYeah it is. I think they anglicized the German word. We have the same word in Dutch.
minus-squarelortylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoEnglish is most likely not their first language.
minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoOhh, that would make sense.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-210 months agoIt would be funny if they were really talking about alphabetization and the whole country was lined up in A to Z order.
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoWell not the whole country apparently
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoNew bit of anti-com propaganda dropping
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agogetting married to jump the queue
minus-squareOrnluWolfjarllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoIn several European languages, “alphabetism” is the term used for literacy.
Yeah, that’s got me baffled too. I tried a few searches, and all I was getting was results about how the DPRK and ROK differ in alphabetization
I think it’s a mistranslation of literacy rate.
Yeah it is. I think they anglicized the German word. We have the same word in Dutch.
English is most likely not their first language.
Ohh, that would make sense.
It would be funny if they were really talking about alphabetization and the whole country was lined up in A to Z order.
Well not the whole country apparently
New bit of anti-com propaganda dropping
getting married to jump the queue
In several European languages, “alphabetism” is the term used for literacy.