Why Koreans ask what year you were born

Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by anthk on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:22PM (#44252463)

Don it's very outdated unless you address a very important person.

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by agubelu on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:27PM (#44252501)

I agree it's more likely to be used by older generations but it's not uncommon to hear it around either, especially when addressing or refering to elders

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by anthk on Thursday June 12, 2025 @03:16AM (#44254953)

Well, corporation addressing clients would use señor/señora but between older/middle aged men. For anyone under 40 it looks a bit old-fashioned. They would just switch to an 'usted/ustedes' person (formal you/yall, for HN speakers) and no one will feel like they were in 1960.

And even with that, people under 35 will just stay at the informal (normal you) "tu" case.

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Re:Why Koreans ask what year you were born by tsm on Friday June 13, 2025 @09:08AM (#44268192)

Don is especially susceptible to huge regional differences. It's as GP described in Honduras and I think as you described in Spain.

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