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Imo as a Korean speaker, the thing about North Korean Korean is that it sounds much more aggressive, from the words to the general tone. They’re also usually mu
by shlewis 5mo ago
Imo as a Korean speaker, the thing about North Korean Korean is that it sounds much more aggressive, from the words to the general tone. They’re also usually much more direct, and in a lot of North Korean defector stories I’ve read, that has been a common pain point for them.
- t-3 5mo agoIs that something new (divergence since the political split), or an older regional dialect thing that is now more obvious due to the political situation?
- orangeboats 5mo agoCommunist governments often prefer to use expressions that are more down-to-earth and colloquial, due to their populist root. It could be related to that, or just a matter of North-South dialectal differences I guess.