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[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Title case sucks. I don’t know why we use it.

When names are not familiar to you it takes a few goes to realise that her name is Ju Ae, not Ju Ae May or Ju Ae May Be.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's Ju Ae May Be His Heir, it says so right there.

No her name is Kim, duh

SMH my head these guys don't even know how names work

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve occasionally seen title case with proper nouns in all caps, like: “KIM JONG UN’s Daughter KIM JU AE May Be His Heir, SOUTH KOREA Suspects”.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hashtag totalitarian, hashtag feminism, hashtag juche, hashtag slaygirrrrl.

Also, apparently nothing screams "dictatorship of the proletariat" like a hereditary monarchy. Nothing screams "class struggle" like the Mount Paektu bloodline. Marx and Engels are surely vindicated.

[–] frontporchtreat@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Man that image looks like the Uns are about to drop the album of the year.

[–] lledrtx@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] frontporchtreat@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

Oh man I can't believe I fucked that up that bad! Oh well, I still got some laughs, and you got to correct an internet stranger, so I see this as a win,win,win.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

They just got Gangnam Style up there, and they're about to wow us.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

Why do they try their hardest to look like they're trying to look western?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Be really cool if they just drone the whole Kim family.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What’s wrong with just ‘general’?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It could be a gendered noun in Korean, but yeah, I thought they had women in the officer corps already so it shouldn't seem that strange.

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just looked it up and apparently Korean does not have a gendered grammar.

But yeah… it’s probably just a subtle way of pointing out that she is who she is.

I wonder if she has the hobby of executing her relatives with anti-aircraft guns, like her dad?

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago

It's funny how you'd completely forget about places like this if not for msm or socm.