Thursday, August 18, 2022

sounds a bit naughty in English

I learned the Korean word for sinus the other day: 부비동/bubidong. That sounds dangerously close to booby-dong in English, and it evokes all sorts of weird body-part imagery.

TITLE: The Sinus's Structure

전두동/jeondudong: frontal sinus

사골동/sagoldong: ethmoidal (sieve-like) sinus

상악동/sang-ak dong: maxillary sinus/antrum

접형동/jeop-hyeong dong: sphenoidal (wedge-shaped) sinus



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