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Have never called her 'Sis'. Have called her 'Natures Condom Advertisement'. (startrek.website)
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[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've always struggled explaining this to people. I was taken aback for a long time in that one of the first questions upon meeting someone new was how old I was. I didn't understand that it's embedded within the language to establish this.

I read an interesting linguistics essay once that asserted nobody is fluent in Korean because the vocabulary changes as you age. I don't agree with the thesis, but found it intriguing nonetheless.

(Also, I was there in the nineties. I've heard that agashi has since become a word one doesn't want to use. When and how did that happen?)

[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Hahaha! "Agashi" is fine if you're not being creepy about it.

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