Day 3: Acronyms & Fast Food, Round Two

How Do You Say KFC in Korean?

Learn how to say KFC in Korean — 케이에프씨 (keieopeussi) — read letter by letter, and why that's a completely different pattern from McDonald's or Starbucks.

How Do You Say Subway (the Sandwich Chain) in Korean?

Learn how to say Subway (the sandwich restaurant) in Korean — 서브웨이 (seobeuwei) — and how it stays distinct from 지하철, the native word for subway trains.

How Do You Say Coca-Cola in Korean?

Learn how to say Coca-Cola in Korean — 코카콜라 (kokakolla) — one of the closest matches to English pronunciation of any major loanword, and why.