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I was middle of writing fanfiction about Taekook but then I got stuck about using Korean words in it. Would you find it awkward and weird if I put stuff like hyung and noona? I can't find any other words to replace this but I don't want to koreaboo my story. Advice? Btw, the story takes place in Korea, so they are speaking in Korean the whole time.

 

Also if I write "Taehyung," when I add the suffix "hyung" does it become "Taehyung hyung." That sounds really weird though.

 

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using things like hyung, noon, oppa, and the - ah thing at the end of names is fine imo. it's when people start using words like anyeong ect that it get koreaboo-ish

 

^^^^

 

i think a good rule of thumb is to always use the english word when there is a translation for it

when there isn't, use the korean one

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using things like hyung, noon, oppa, and the - ah thing at the end of names is fine imo. it's when people start using words like anyeong ect that it get koreaboo-ish

Basically this. If a word sounds cringey on a reread, don't use it

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Using honorific in fic isn't so bad since it's ingrained in their culture and it'd pretty weird to translate in English anyway. But don't go overboard though or it'll get needlessly repetitive. Other than that use English if you're going to write in English.

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gIRL....the problem comes in for me when its filled with like romanization korean...I dont read the ones that go

 

"Oppa new moo joe why yo!" "ya! meech yo so? HUL JIN JAH Byung tae!"

 

me:

 

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I cant do it...I exit it quicker than speedy gonzales

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Hyung and oppa are all good

Jagiya, hell no

I have a thing for the word jagiya aka I haaateeee it like omg I even saw yeobo in a fic once?? WHY WOULD YOU WRITE YEOBO

Meeeeee! I fucking hate the overuse of jagi/jagiya. Fuck.
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GOD YES, forgive the rambling about grammar but:

 

I think the use of honorifics is fine, I actually think it's kinda awkward when an author doesn't use it... they start sounding American. Also it indicates closeness between the characters which is always nice. 

 

However, they need to make sure it's used right. Like "Taehyung hyung" sounds awkward that's why Jungkook calls Tae "Taehyungie hyung" irl too.

 

There's also the use of -ah. A lot of authors don't get that it's only used when you are directly calling someone.

You can't say "Give Taehyung-ah his milk."

 

But nothing can be as bad as old Naruto fanfics I read, where the author used "For Kami's sake" AS IF THE WORD "GOD" DOESN'T EXIST IN ENGLISH???

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