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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.