Shadowman wrote:[
You mean the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. A mouthful, yes, but that's what they're officially called. And the language is the same for both countries, not sure why you'd need to make distinction.
A) I'm not sure why you really seem to be going after me lately. Did I offend you somehow? Throw your puppy out a window in a past life? Whatever I did, I'm sorry to have offended you. Just ask for or demand an apology: I'll be more than happy to give it.
B) Ummm, with all due respect, no. They are NOT the same language, at least as far as my experience goes. They are SIMILAR, but not the same. Two key differences: pronunciation and etymology. One: The number three in 'South' Korean is 'set': it's pronounced 'soy' in 'North' Korean. South Korean uses two different systems for numbering--'pure Korean' and 'Sino Korean', so I can say hana dul set net dasut , OR il i sam sa o....
North Korean hates anything 'Sino' so they don't use any of the Sino Korean numbers, NOR do they use any words based from Chinese. For example, many South Korean verbs have a Sino Korean base and use the generic verb 'hada' ending. So, like, thank you is kamsahada--conjugated, you get kamsahamnida (barring any honorifics or tense markers). North Korea doesn't like the Sino, so thank you there is komapsoda--komapsumnida. There are LOTS of Sino Korean words in South Korean. North Korea has 'purified' their language, and use archaic and sometimes really goofy substitutes for words they've had to strip out in this purification process. I know for a darn tootin' fact (having done radio intercept) that they use entirely different words for things like tanks, telephone lines, supply chain, troop movement, etc. Different vocabulary--NOT the same language.
It's the 'same language' only if you consider Haitian Creole and French the 'same language'. Can a South Korean read North Korean stuff? About as easily as you could read Middle English, yes. Could a North Korean read South Korean stuff? MUCH more difficult, since they refuse to acknowledge all the Chinese words. Not having mutual intelligibility doesn't sound like the 'same language' to me.
You're super-smart and it's really silly of you to start a quibble a) about something so trivial and beneath you, and b) that you haven't really given any evidence to prove your side. Could I be wrong? Yeah. But at least a) I've said what I know with actual examples and b) what I've said is correct, at least as of 10 years ago. If you'd like to refute my examples or something, absolutely go for it. I'd love to learn, even if it means being proven wrong. But please don't just give the high handed 'bitchslap!' without providing any real evidence. You're going to have to work to actually *prove* me wrong. But do it! I want to know where I'm wrong.
HK, and I learned it for Uncle Sam!
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