[dancingbymyself]

Is it just me, or is it annoying when people overuse these terms. I know in Korea it's more of a generic term, and even in Korean american circles it's just something you could say when you don't know someones name (like hey you!) or for celebs and stuff because you want to imply something more respectful than -shii. But sometimes I see other ethnicities using it and i'm like?? What? For instance, there's this viet girl where I work, and everytime she see's me she's like OPPA!!!! *sqeaky high-pitched voice* First of all, she's not even Korean so I don't get why she's using it. And secondly shouldn't it be Sunbae anyway instead of Oppa. (I've been working there for alot longer than her)

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So basically to sum it up, what do you think of people that abuse the words oppa/unnie/hyung/noona?

(Mostly pre-teen girls with squeaky voices)



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I only use it if it's like my actual brother/sister, someone i've known since I was little/ is alot older than me/ Koreans I don't know the names of

[forgottenmemories]

I totally agree with you on this. I personally hate it when people (other than koreans) use those terms. It sounds so wannabe-ish. I personally love the Korean culture for their music and k-dramas (I'm Vietnamese by the way), but those Korean words would never escape my mouth when I'm talking to people. I know this Chinese girl who uses "Omo" at the beginning of every sentence. I always wanted to tell her to shut the eff up and stop being such a wannabe. It sounds harsh, but I just get really annoyed.

[Little Eunstar]

I know what you mean!!
It can be pretty annoying. Don't they have their own terms to use?? xD

[xkrndreamer]

i use noona for beautiful eugene noona

[busagiboo]

This bugs me a lot too. When people who aren't Chinese start using some slang that's commonly used by Chinese people, it annoys me so much. Most of the time, they don't even know what it means, but they still use it. It sort of makes them desperate to fit in or seem like something they're not. It's such a pet peeve of mine. Obviously I'm Chinese, and when I hear people say this stuff, it just makes me angry and just so annoyed. I don't even know the fine differences between oppa, unnie, hyung, and nuna. I only know that hyung means something like a brother, but I wouldn't use these terms if I don't know the exact meanings.

[butterflyeffect]

I also agree with you. It irks me to no end when the person isn't Korean and overuses it. Also when people other than Koreans call someone they know who is or isn't Korean "oppa/unnie".
It's annoying, but hey what can we do?

[Little Eunstar]

This bugs me a lot too. When people who aren't Chinese start using some slang that's commonly used by Chinese people, it annoys me so much. Most of the time, they don't even know what it means, but they still use it. It sort of makes them desperate to fit in or seem like something they're not. It's such a pet peeve of mine. Obviously I'm Chinese, and when I hear people say this stuff, it just makes me angry and just so annoyed. I don't even know the fine differences between oppa, unnie, hyung, and nuna. I only know that hyung means something like a brother, but I wouldn't use these terms if I don't know the exact meanings.

Oh, I know what you mean about the whole Chinese slang thing!
Like at our school, there's a lot of Koreans & they cuss alot, so other non-Korean kids start doing it too!!
It's so annoying!!

This one guy goes around saying 'Shut your mouth' in Chinese & saying lots of bad words in Korean.

And it's even more annoying because I'm actually Korean & I don't even swear that much!

[dancingbymyself]

This bugs me a lot too. When people who aren't Chinese start using some slang that's commonly used by Chinese people, it annoys me so much. Most of the time, they don't even know what it means, but they still use it. It sort of makes them desperate to fit in or seem like something they're not. It's such a pet peeve of mine. Obviously I'm Chinese, and when I hear people say this stuff, it just makes me angry and just so annoyed. I don't even know the fine differences between oppa, unnie, hyung, and nuna. I only know that hyung means something like a brother, but I wouldn't use these terms if I don't know the exact meanings.

^haha, that one makes me feel bad because I have alot of Japanese friends, and they sprinkle Japanese in with their English and I picked up some phrases that they use ()* I try to avoid using it when i'm not with them though.

[13voices]

If it's used jokingly, I guess I don't mind much but if people overuse them, it's like being so wannabe-ish. I haven't personally encountered someone like that, thankfully.

[Jnn]

so annoying.

especially if they go around calling everyone that. ok, if you have a special relationship with one or two respectable members of your circle then wutever, but running around yelling that at everyone is just stupid, and abusive to the terms/language.

[iya.donghae]

Totally annoying. :|

It's like those wapanese kids overusing konichiwa and all that other stuff.

[bonbons]

the only time I see fit for people to say "oppa" and such is when they are fluent (meaning seriously learning korean) in the language. same goes for other languages as well, ie chinese, japanese etc. because otherwise it sounds so stupid and suck up - wanna be to me. and it irritates me when people tries to speak chinese or whatever to impress me when they don't understand the language, the country, the culture at all

[xstarBURST]

its jsut as annoying as people who are obessed with anime start putting random Japanese phrases in their sentences.
;____; i want to slap those people some times.

[13infamyss]

errr, yeaaa, it's kind of annoying hearing non koreans say these... but what to do? english doesn't have formal calls for older ones?? HEHHEHE~

[CitrusFlower]

I don't really care. It's just like how people go around saying "Kawaii!" It's annoying but get use to it. I don't use any of these term, in fact I don't even know what they mean but when your interesting in another culture of course you want to say it. Thats the biggest reason why their are so many japanese obsess

[~*BaybeE*~]

it depends on who is using it...like there are some people that are not korean that use it and i can handle that and it is perfectly fine... but there are some that over use it and call everyone freakn oppa or unni..

[oohdi]

ive only seen ppl on the internet say that
and each time i read it i get annoyed bad
i find it weird that non koreans say it.. just my opinon

[ohhlalakelly]

I guess non-Koreans use it because were use to it (if you're into Koreans/Korean culture).
Like, you see it a lot.. to the point where it slips out every now and then. I have never said Oppa or anything before. However, I have used it on the internet a few times. I understand why Korean people get annoyed though, lol. 'Cause I get so annoyed when people who aren't Vietnamese use "D* Ma". Honestly, wtf? It's more annoying when they can't even pronounce it properly (because Vietnamese has a lot of symbols, so you pronounce things a certain way depending on it's symbol).

[*alodia*]

i'm not Korean but i use it sometimes. i don't think i overuse it though.
i call my bestfriend unnie because she's older, and when we were starting our korean lessons it stuck.

i call some classmates before in my korean class unnie, just for fun and for the practice of the language.

my korean friends are mostly younger than me, and the one whose really close to me calls me unnie.

for korean friends online, if i found out they are girls and are older than me i make it a point to ask them first if i can call them unnie. 언니라고 불어도돼요?

for guys, i'm not comfortable calling them oppa since it's like calling a boyfried too right? so i'm more careful for guys.

would normally address guys and other koreans -sshi or -nim

for koreans that i met in person and i don't know their name (like in shops/restaurants) i call them ajussi / ajumma. but for older girls that doesn't look like really really old, i call them unnie since i'm afraid to call them ajumma. (is that proper by the way?)

~ i hope i did not annoy anyone

[lovetoday.]

maybe so show some respect? o_O"
but when they do it for just yaah know
thats totally .. a big nono .