Between, say, coworkers in their thirties and forties, do they still use the same terms when addressing each other (assuming the difference is only in age and not positions)? The speech system seems to be pretty gendered, given the difference between the use of hyung/nuna versus oppa/unnie -- are there other distinct differences between men and women's speech like there is in Japanese ("watashi" vs "boku" and all that)?
Lolll Well, on the bright side, if you turn out to be older than the other person, they have to defer to you; if you turn out to be younger, you can gloat (on the inside ;)) that, hey, even if you have to call them oppa/unnie, at least you're still younger! Win-win :Db
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Date: 2008-07-12 07:10 pm (UTC)Lolll Well, on the bright side, if you turn out to be older than the other person, they have to defer to you; if you turn out to be younger, you can gloat (on the inside ;)) that, hey, even if you have to call them oppa/unnie, at least you're still younger! Win-win :Db