South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps 'Korean age' | CNN

3 years ago by withersailor to c/worldnews

More than 51 million people in South Korea awoke on Wednesday to find themselves a year or two younger – at least, according to the law.

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Augapfel 6 points 3 years ago

babies are considered a year old on the day they’re born

Is there any useful idea behind this? That sounds completely dumb.

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troyunrau 28 points 3 years ago

It's just semantics. When you are born, you are in your first year of life, not your zeroth year of life. After a full year, you are one year old. Grammar varies from language to language, and sometimes one feels more natural.

Imagine everyone in English said "I'm in my 32nd year" instead of "I'm 31 years old." Now you meet a foreigner who says the opposite. Translation issues abound!

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bionicjoey 6 points 3 years ago

To be fair, we do the same shit with what century we are in.

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ssjmarx 5 points 3 years ago