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Happy 27th Birthday, Min-Jae! (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by julesvr5@alien.top to c/fcbayern@soccer.forum

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[–] backflash@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

A few facts in case some people didn't know:

A bit more than 20% of South Koreans have the surname "Kim".
In Korea, the family name goes at the start ("Kim"), while the given name comes next ("Min-jae").
Official Revised Romanization of Korean states that a hyphen should be used for separating different syllables (in this case "Min-jae"). Min-jae is one name that consists of two syllables ("민재"), so "-jae" should be written in lowercase, because it's the second syllable of his first name.
Kim Min-jae would rather be called "Min-jae" (perhaps because it's less common than "Kim"), but he doesn't mind if the fans chant "Kim!" in the stadium.

[–] hipponuggets_@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Korean given names feel much more personal as they are technically unique. As in: the parents get to be creative when naming their children.

Meanwhile, the surnames mean much less on personal terms. When your surname's called in the streets, you'll never think someone's looking for you.

So yeah, I feel it would be better for Min-jae's morale and motivation if his given name was used more frequently in Bayern.

Fun fact: 'Son' is a less common surname in Korea, accounting for 0.8% of the population. Meanwhile, 'Johnson', a relatively common surname in the US, accounts for 0.6% of the population.

Source: My Korean ass. Oh and I googled the last bit.

[–] rinacio@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

While that's true, I feel like unique names aren't as common anymore. I often meet adults with names I've never heard before but children always have quite regular ones.