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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Some interesting Korea inspired pizzas and signage, adding to the #LinguisticLandscape here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Someone looking especially sharp in the subway station #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Interesting Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese text on this safety sign at a construction site in Seoul, part of the construction #LinguisticLandscape of Korean! Also notable is the lack of English!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And now a reposting from the ambassador with a message in French, Korean, and English!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Instagram screenshot of Bonjour Jean-Talon (봉쥬르 쟝딸롱), a Canadian restaurant in Seoul, that recently got a visit from the Canadian ambassador! And a very interesting bit of French in the background, part of the global poutine #LinguisticLandscape!

Instagram screenshot of a Canadian restaurant in Seoul with the Canadian ambassador

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

K-DERMA BEAUTY PHARMACY Some interesting language here in English, and another nice K- Language example, all as part of the pharmacy #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

KanpaiMan looking a bit like another cool man in the bar and beer #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul . . . Plus, English, Korean, amd Japanese!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

27. Interesting advertising for ChatGPT on the side of a bus in Seoul, part of the AI #LinguisticLandscape, talking about how ChatGPT can be for everything, including a wedding with a hanok in the background.

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Probably something neat waiting to be written on hanok cafes . . . . Hmmmmm . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

COVID-19 vaccine sign on a bus in Seoul, part of the #CoronaLL and the broader public health #LinguisticLandscape! Been a while since I have seen a covid sign, I should get back to writing about them as they are interesting and important.

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is just a pretty impressive website. Says something about Jets fandom, I think, and Winnipeg. Interesting stuff . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Seoul again looking sharp, and love the little, older neighborhood here. Opposite direction is a massive new apartment complex under construction, making smaller places like this even more valuable.

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And some big fellas swimming down below in the stream . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Seoul looking reflective today . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

PLAY ON, TOGETHER A big new neighborhood map, marking a public square in world famous Itaewon Seoul, adding more English to the local #LinguisticLandscape here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

WIENER PIZZA SANDWICH This looks like a pretty phenomenal sandwich and a pretty neat English and Korean addition to the restaurant #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some discourses on America in the contemporary restaurant #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul here . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An interesting command given to passersby about not throwing away trash in Korean, English, and Chinese in an otherwise mostly Korean #LinguisticLandscape here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Going to be a weird season I think, but yes it is time for more Winnipeg Jets hockey!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Korean and English instructions on how to make iced banana milk coffee, adding something special to the coffee and convenience store #LinguisticLandscape!

A small sign with instructions on how to make banana milk coffee

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From Finfluencer to three important posters in Korean, English, and Arabic, there is a lot going on in the campus poster #LinguisticLandscape here . . . .

Many different posters on a poster board on a way

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

27. A businessman with only enough time for a quick chicken lunch, while talking on the phone, adding something like a corporate lifestyle to the meat and masculinity #LinguisticLandscape +

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dubai still making its presence known in the chocolate and now rice cake #LinguisticLandscape! And look at that font and skyline!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you have Large Luggage Use the Rightmost Gate That is some very well written English, and only English, in thw subway #LinguisticLandscape right here! At a station frequented by many tourists in Seoul . . . . Wonder what happened that led to the creation of this sign . . . .

Small sign stuck to a subway entrance gate

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit of bilingual Korean and English 'Pet-walk Etiquettes' at a small park in Seoul near Itaewon, all part of the animal #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A tall chimney with a sign for a public bathhouse, and a very big sign for a women's university behind it, make for an interesting #LinguisticLandscape in this nice view of Seoul. Always love to see these tall brick chimneys about in Korea!

A view of Seoul with a big sign in the background

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Eat Ummy Stay Pretty Feel New York More interesting taco English here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

'Taco Booth' adding a lot of English to the taco #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul! Also, very interesting stylized font and overall style here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit of banal multilingualism in the pharmacy #LinguisticLandscape? Regardless, an interesting sign!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Interesting play on the German term for AI, which is KI, and an violent English expression, I think. Some creative English and German wordplay at work here!

Screemshot of a beginning of an article in German

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TINE NORWEGIAN PURITY NORWEGIAN CREAM CHEESE DILL Made with mild elite goat's milk and cow's cream Some serious Norwegian soft power in the soft cheese #LinguisticLandscape! Quite the powerful and mountainous representation of Norway here! 🇳🇴

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From the newly remodeled elevator #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul, 'ANTIVIRUS' cut right into the metal joining this handle to the elevator wall, drawing upon pandemic discourses perhaps . . . .

A handle with the text ANTIVIRUS cut into it

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

26. i'm lovin' it More meat and gendered representation in the fast food #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

PLACES WITH GREAT LATTES Interesting to see this sign from a dairy company helping to advertise lattes at a cafe in Seoul, part of the milk and coffee #LinguisticLandscape! Probably part of an effort to increase milk consumption amid a glut in supply, I think . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One of two turtles sunning themselves on rocks in this stream yesterday. Quite a lot of life in this small stream in Seoul . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pretty campus yesterday, and a single rogue sunflower

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

MARINES Very interesting to see the English here so prominent, with smaller Korean text, on a vehicle on campus at the start of a university festival, as part of, I presume, a public affairs and recruitment activity. All part of the military #LinguisticLandscape . . . .

A red suv with text and images on the side

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From Instagram and Paris and Berlin, it is PARLINBERIS CAFE, part of the cafe #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul and a new addition to my cafes-to-visit list!!!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

'new 맥스파이시 고추장 버터 McSpicy Gochujang Butter' Something spicy in the fast food #LinguisticLandscape of Korea, and I neat stylized Korean font here too!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NO PORK A sign of a more diverse Korea here at a convenience store located on a university campus with many international students, perhaps? Part of the food #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More important discussions being advertised in Korean and English on campus, adding more to the #LinguisticLandscape in Seoul! Interesting to see more posters like this on campus these days . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A matcha patbingsu (red bean shaved ice) chocolate bar, which is very close to a Kitkat, called Kicker adding some interesting new flavors and language to the treat #LinguisticLandscape of Korea! And maybe some retro styling here too with that 1979 reference?

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Interesting banner recruiting student ambassadors on campus in Seoul in both Korean and English for this hangover tonic, part of the 'cool student' #LinguisticLandscape!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A rare bit of monolingual Japanese signage in the university campus #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul, with this message welcoming visitors from a Japanese university, I believe!

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