[koreeya]

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gets annoying....but then again some people dont know any better

[☆원이☆]

when non-koreans try to call me oppa, its kinda funny
but when they cant pronounce correctly and call me things i'm just kinda....not happy

[tsukemene123]

I have a friend who is Vietnamese but says "Yoboseyo?" when she answers the phone. -__-

And she started going out with my friend, who's Korean, and she calls him oppa. Double -___-
And not in a normal, "oppa" way like how I call my friends oppa, but in an "oppaaaaa-a-a-aaaa~~~~" jagiya way.

[K_Holic]

I don't although I haven't had a lot of chances to meet FOB koreans.

[teukiechul]

the only time ive said oppa was in my msn name...

'why teukie oppa, you've forgot your hyung!'


lol..

[walkrunfly]

I never ever bow and call people unni/oppa just because they're older.
My Dad and brothers would get pissed if I did.
My Dad says: "Don't respect anyone until they deserve the respect."
I mean I'm nice and everything but it doesn't matter how old they are, I never bow or call them unni/oppa.
At the same time, I never expect someone younger than me to call me unni/noona.

Esp. Oppa, man I don't like giving them the satisfaction.
And plus my brothers already made it clear to the fob guys at my school that wanted me to call them oppa.

He said: "The day you call me Hyung, she'll call you oppa."

Of course they're not going to call him hyung, since my brother is wayyy younger than them and stronger! haha.

[xdeathberry]

Actually, I really don't.
Only if they're like, oppas/unnis that I grew up knowing, or they're in college.
High-school, not so much.


I think it's weird.
But sometimes I get miffed if little kids call me by my name. lol
but w/e

But I don't bow. Unless they're old. Or I don't know them well.

[ArmelleLIN]

I'm not korean so I don't know how people would receive my greetings anyway, haha. And plus, I don't know many fobs here T__T. I don't bow either but I think I'm sort of starting to bow just a tad bit when I'm speaking with older people. And I don't mean "unni"s.. I mean Ajummas. o_o

[c0lap1nada]

Not many Koreans here... never used it.

[asthua]

I never ever bow and call people unni/oppa just because they're older.
My Dad and brothers would get pissed if I did.
My Dad says: "Don't respect anyone until they deserve the respect."
I mean I'm nice and everything but it doesn't matter how old they are, I never bow or call them unni/oppa.
At the same time, I never expect someone younger than me to call me unni/noona.

Esp. Oppa, man I don't like giving them the satisfaction.
And plus my brothers already made it clear to the fob guys at my school that wanted me to call them oppa.

He said: "The day you call me Hyung, she'll call you oppa."

Of course they're not going to call him hyung, since my brother is wayyy younger than them and stronger! haha.

Your dad is cool.

[maydai3333]

haha, im chinese, but when i see my aunt, uncles, or any extended family, i bow to them and be extra polite. lol. but if im like familiar someone like an older cousin, i just act normal.

[j00n]

You should not use "unnie/noona/oppa/hyung" to people you've just met. Usually that's reserved for people you have a close relationship with. You can use honorifics instead like "-shi".

[xdeathberry]

If I said that to someone I just met, I'm pretty sure they'd hit me or something haha
I only say it to people I'm acquainted to, but not very close to.

Although, my uncle's stingy when it comes to bowing / greeting him.
=__=
UGH. He drives me crazy. Everytime I bow/greet him, he points out something wrong.

[anshiiyaa]

should i be? but its being respectful..so yeah

[kyungxah]

i call unni/oppa when i know that person pretty well..
if not i just use jondehtmal

[크리스틴]

I'm always confused if I should do that....but I wasn't really raised that way, just to insah to like elders and not unnis/oppas...I usually just wave or say hi...But all my friends go formal all the way...but thats because they are also fobs ..in a way..hahaha the fobs are good at insah-ing...they do the whole 90 degree bow...hehe

haha i wish i had oppas to call oppas...

[twinkle_l0ve]

I always bow to ahjushi's and ahjumma's because that's the way I've been raised
If it's actual unni's or oppa's that are a couple of years older than me, then I call them by their respective titles
It's funny though, because I don't call my cousins unni/oppa.. we talk in english anyway~

But when I'm in Korea, I do the 90 degree bow and call everyone by their respective titles

[영원한 사랑]

You should not use "unnie/noona/oppa/hyung" to people you've just met. Usually that's reserved for people you have a close relationship with. You can use honorifics instead like "-shi".

i thought it was ruder to use shi instead of unni/oppa, etc...
i once used it to this one older korean fob and he was mad i didn't address him as oppa
and we weren't even close or anything

[c i e l`]

I bow (slightly) to anyone I don't know and elders haha.
I only call my cousins "oppa" from time to time...
There's no FOB in Paris anyway -o-''

For people that are younger I...smile and wave,,,sometimes.
I'm pretty formal and talk properly most of the time.

[cutilicious1102]

I seriously see no point in non koreans using unni, oppa, etc... unless they live in korea or something.
Just like how weird it is if a korean was trying to use chinese words to a chinese person O___O


But if you're korean then yeah ... unni, oppa,etc...applies and is important.