What's the difference between Korean and Korean?

Although the two countries are one language, there are still some differences.

When defectors come to South Korea, it is often difficult to understand foreign words such as shampoo, juice and self-help from English-speaking countries-because these words have never been used in closed North Korea. On the other hand, Koreans will be at a loss when they see the Korean native word Salgyeolmul. In fact, the translation is "skin water", which is the lotion used by Koreans.

Although North Korea and South Korea both use the same language, the 70-year history of division on the Korean Peninsula has resulted in increasing language differentiation on both sides of national boundaries, which may sometimes lead to misunderstandings, hurt each other's feelings and sometimes make jokes. Some experts say that there are 1/3 differences in daily expressions between the two countries.

Because most words and grammar are still the same, both Korea and China can understand each other's language, but one of the two countries has become an international economic power and the other has chosen to close the door. The differences caused by external influences on languages are directly reflected in the languages of North Korea and South Korea.

Because the United States has a great influence on South Korea in military, commercial, cultural and other fields, South Korea is full of a large number of English evolution words and Korean English, such as "handle" is the steering wheel, mobile phone has become "hand phone", "menica" means manicure and so on.

But North Korea believes that this is evidence that South Korea was colonized by American culture.

In 2002, when North Korean defector Park Mi 'e fled to South Korea for the first time, a waitress in a restaurant told her that it was "self-service" and she had never heard of the word. She didn't want to tell others that she didn't understand the word, just to avoid losing face. She finished eating and didn't drink any drinks.

Park said she was worried that the waiter would look down on her. Later, she started to work in a restaurant, but sometimes customers couldn't understand what they said.

Park sighed with emotion, "I thought they were speaking other languages."

Parker gradually began to learn these new words. In a recent interview, she also used words such as "stress" that North Korea had never heard before.

Pyongyang is eager to "purify" the language with its own self-reliance as the guiding principle, blindly eliminate foreign words and use local words. Shampoo is called "meorimulbinu" (hair soap) in North Korea, and fruit juice is called "danmul" (sweet water) in North Korea.

Linguists say it takes two years for defectors to adapt to Korean. Because the political and economic systems of the two countries are completely different, even the same emotional words need time to adapt to their meanings and connections.

In Korea, Spec (? ) this word means the academic qualifications and qualification certificates issued by universities, which are the credentials when looking for a job. Although North Korean defectors will soon know the literal meaning of this word, it will take a lot of time to understand the pressure this word brings to young Korean job seekers and the significance of these certificates in this extremely competitive society.

On the other hand, it is also difficult for Koreans to understand the "saenghwal chonghwa" of North Korea. Simply put, this is a regular meeting, at which people should reflect on what they have done and criticize each other. This phrase literally means "daily life team discussion" and is not used in Korea.

In this regard, park geun-hye said, "We feel sick and bored. Up to now, I have goose bumps when I hear this word. "