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In korea, they'd be age 2. There (and possibly other east asian nations?) count "age" in terms of which year you're in. 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, etc. T

by rmah 6y ago

In korea, they'd be age 2. There (and possibly other east asian nations?) count "age" in terms of which year you're in. 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, etc. The way americans do school year, except it starts at birth.

jzwinck 6y ago
In Korea everyone advances their age on 1 January. Korean babies born three weeks ago are now age 2 (and have been for most of their lives).
- klik99 6y ago
  When my korean friend first told me this, I honestly thought they were messing with me. I still struggle to make sense of it. Must be a helluva birthday party on Jan 1st tho I know there are studies on how birth date affects future success in school (though IIRC I read in Gladwell, and I'm wary of accurate his read on things are), I wonder if that effect is compounded with this system?
  - naniwaduni 6y ago
    It's just a count of how many calendar years contain you.
  - ska 6y ago
    It's the difference between "I was born in 2010" and "I am about 10.3 years old". Americans do this a lot too, except at a (pseudo) decade level, e.g. "are you a '90s kid?"
    - cgriswald 6y ago
      > Americans do this a lot too, except at a (pseudo) decade level, e.g. "are you a '90s kid?" This brings up other ambiguities. A "90's kid" might have been born in the 80's.
      - ska 6y ago
        Yes, it’s not a clean mapping
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- rmah 6y ago
  They're in their second year.
randomdata 6y ago
> The way americans do school year You could say that the American school year is 0-based. Except instead of naming it zeroth grade, it is named kindergarten.