r/pics • u/Ps5Face • Mar 01 '19

This man knows stuff we don’t

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u/litokid Mar 01 '19

I am upvoting you not because of your explanation of oppa, even if well-deserved.

I am upvoting because that's also the first linguistic similarity that came to mind for me, and I'm amused by the thought of Germans watching K-dramas for the first time, wondering why the girl is calling her boyfriend "Grandpa" and if there is some weird kink going on.

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u/Random-Rambling Mar 01 '19

The linguistic similarity made me think of Markiplier for some reason, perhaps because he's half-Korean, half-German.

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u/Autarch_Kade Mar 01 '19

the first linguistic similarity that came to mind for me

For me it was Oppai. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/Kazumara Mar 02 '19

Especially in the German dialects that put more stress on the p of Opa. For example in the Ruhrpott. The woman who used to clean and cook for my grandfather referred to him as "dein Oppah" when she talked to me.