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Celebritiesandpublicfiguresarenottheonlyoneswhosufferfromthegap
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between the real age and the age on the family register. The gap between
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theageonthefamilyregisterandtheactualagehadasignificantimpacton
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ordinaryofficeworkersandcitizens.Forexample,inthecaseofretirement,
thelegalage,whichistheageonthefamilyregister,functionsasastandard.
So, if the age on the family register is older than the real age, he or she
should retire earlier than their real age. Social welfare systems, including
▲SeniorcitizensinKoreaoftenhave
pensions,arealsobasedonthelegalageonthefamilyregister,somoreand
differencebetweenthelegalageand
therealage.
morepeoplegotocourttochangethelegalageastheirrealage.
However, there are many limitations to correct the legal age under the current law because the procedure is
complicatedandtakesalongtime.Inthisway,thebabyboomergenerationandthegenerationbornearlierthan
baby boomers cannot change the discordance between the legal age and the real age. In addition, in past, the
infant mortality rate was high and birth registration was not done in a timely manner, so it is common to see
caseswheretherealageisusedineverydaylife,buttheagerecordedinthefamilyregisterisdifferentfromthe
realage.
*Babyboomers:About17millionpeoplebornbetween1955and1974,aperiodwhenthebirthratesoaredaftertheKoreanWar.
Cause
TheSpecialUseofHonorificDevelopedSoleyinKorea
Asking someone their age when they first meet especially in the West is considered inappropriate. However,
in Korea, one of the first things that people ask each other is their age. Korea is relatively sensitive to age and
considersageasanimportantfactorsincehonorificsinKoreanarewidelyusedineverydaylife.Inanylanguage,
words and grammatical elements with formal and respectful meanings such as “please” are universally used.
However,Koreanhonorificshaveappearedinvariousways,beyondthedistinctionbetweenformalandinformal
wordswhichappearinotherlanguages.
Korean is a language in which the usage
PERSON
HONORIFIC(Female)
HONORIFIC(Male)
of honorifics is subdivided. The addressee
Olderbrother
Oppa(오빠)
Hyung(형)
honorification in Korean is elaborately
Oldersister
Unnie(언니)
Noona(누나)
stratifiedsothatitissystematicallyutteredin
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Mother
EommaorEomoni(엄마or어머니)
different ways depending on the social status
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Father
AppaorAbeoji(아빠or아버지)
and intimacy of the speaker and listener.
Grandmother
Halmeoni(할머니)
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It is required to use an appropriate form
Grandfather
Harabeoji(할아버지)
of honorific suffix, which is dependent on
Middle-agedman
Ahjussi(아저씨)
whomoneistalkingto.InKorean,honorifics
Middle-agedwoman
Ahjumma(아줌마)
are used as a tool to set up hierarchical
Teacher
Seonsaengnim(선생님)
relationships, which are appropriately
Senior
Seonbaenim(선배님)
determined only after figuring out where the
Junior
Hoobae(후배)
speaker is located in the social hierarchy in
Generic
ssi(씨)
relationtotheaddressee.Asasimpleexample,
▲HonorificsareimportantinKoreancultureforproperconversationand
if a person is one year older than another,
relationship-building.
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