Random kdrama coincidence – the dogs in both Once Upon a Small Town and The Law Cafe are (were 😭) called Nurungji. Makes me wonder if that’s a common dog name in Korea.

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    I noticed that too so I googled it – I didn’t really answer my question but it seems like it’s a type of dog?
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nureongi

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      Interesting statement at the link you shared: “Nureongi make up the majority of dogs farmed for food in Korea.” Perhaps this usage of the name for pets in kdramas is for humor? Dunno.

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      Thanks for sharing this! Good to know 😊

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      If the phrase means “yellow one”, then it might be similar to the Mandarin Chinese phrase “xiao huang gou” (little yellow dog). Since it’s used to refer to generic small to medium sized light brownish dogs, it is also kind of synonymous with “mutt/mongrel”.

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    I read your post as if you were asking about the name, not a breed. My googling found Nurungji means “scorched rice” in Korean. Not a particularly cute name.

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      I was talking about the name! The dogs are both named nurungji. I knew the meaning – Koreans tend to eat scorched rice as a snack or dessert pretty often so I’ve heard and seen it in kdramas and k-variety shows.

      It was probably just a cute coincidence that both shows gave their dogs that name 😊.

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        Maybe it’s the same dog and it can answer only to his real name :p

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        So kind of like calling your dog Biscuit or something? Maybe it’s just a popular name – I know four dogs called Max, I don’t even know very many people with dogs 😂

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          Ha I know someone with a dog named Max too 😂

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          we always have a dog called Max (or Maxie if female). My first dog was called Max, and when he died , the next dog we adopted , we named him Max – and so the cycle, goes.

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        but if they LOOK like scorched rice (white and a little burnished on top) then that would also make sense

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