Yaminjeongeum (Korean: 야민정음;Hanja: 野民正音) is a South KoreanInternet meme which disassemblesHangul characters of a word and replaces them with others whichappear similar to the correct form. For example,daejang (대장, "chief") is changed intomeojang (머장), sincedae (대) resemblesmeo (머). The nameYaminjeongeum is ablend ofHunminjeongeum andYagael (야갤);Yagael is short forGungnae Yagu Gallery (국내야구 갤러리;國內野球 갤러리), the domestic baseball league section ofDC Inside.
Use
editThere are various ways to convert a word intoyaminjeongeum: just replacing its consonants or vowels, rotating it, compacting it, or even usingLatin alphabet. Someword plays are often considered asYaminjeongeum, though they existed before it. There is no standard of the meme, only popular forms. The following are some common examples of it:
| Type of replacement | Examples | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original form | Yaminjeongeum | References | ||||
| Hangul | RR | Meaning | Hangul | RR | ||
| Replacing 근 (geun) with ㄹ (r) | 박근혜 | Bak Geunhye | Park Geun-hye (former president of South Korea) | 박ㄹ혜 | Bak Rieulhye | [1] |
| Replacing ㅠ (yu) with ㅡ + ㄲ (eukk) as astop consonant | 유재석 | Yu Jaeseok | Yoo Jae-suk (comedian) | 윾재석 | Euk Jaeseok | [2] |
| Replacing 과 (gwa) with 파 (pa) | 광주 | Gwangju | Gwangju (major city) | 팡주 | Pangju | [3] |
| Replacing 대 (dae) with 머 (meo), or vice versa | 멍멍이 | meongmeongi | Doggy | 댕댕이 | daengdaengi | [4] |
| 대전광역시 | Daejeon Gwangyeoksi | Daejeon Metropolis | 머전팡역시 | Meojeon Pangyeoksi | [5] | |
| Replacing 며 (myeo) with 띠 (tti) | 명곡 | myeonggok | Well-known song | 띵곡 | ttinggok | [4] |
| Replacing 귀 (gwi) with 커 (keo) | 귀엽다 | gwiyeopda | Cute | 커엽다 | keoyeopda | [1] |
| Replacing ㅗ + ㅇ (-ong) with ㅎ (h) as a stop consonant | 세종대왕 | Sejong Daewang | Sejong the Great | 세종머앟 | Sejong Meoat | [6] |
| Replacing hanja 長 (장) with 튽 (teun) | 김장훈(金長훈) | Gim Janghun | Kim Jang-hoon (rock singer) | 숲튽훈 | Sup Teunhun | [1] |
| Rotating a whole phrase by 180º | 폭풍눈물 | pokpung nunmul | Bursting into tears | 롬곡옾눞 | romgok omnup | [5] |
| Rotating hangul blocks by 90º | 비버 | Bibeo | Beaver orBieber | 또뜨, 뜨또 | Ttotteu, Tteutto | [7] |
| Compacting multiple syllable blocks into one | ㅗㅜㅑ(오우야) | ouya | An interjection | 퍄 | pya | [8] |
Popularity
editThere is no definitive source of the origin of Yaminjeongeum.[1] It is commonly used in public, especially by teens,[4] and even appears onTV advertisements.[9]
Critics state that the meme destroysHangul and is a type of verbal violence, but supporters state that it is just a part of culture and improves theKorean language.[6][10]
See also
edit- Leet, a similar phenomenon with the Latin alphabet
- Martian language, a similar phenomenon in Chinese language
- Gyaru-moji, a similar phenomenon in Japanese language
- Transcription error, unintentional misreading
- IDN homograph attack, use of similar looking characters to exploit computer systems.
References
edit- ^abcd"야민정음이란? - 서울시립대신문".press.uos.ac.kr (in Korean). 30 September 2015. Retrieved2018-10-30.
- ^"SNL코리아로 촉발된 급식체 논란".데일리안 (in Korean). Retrieved2018-12-02.
- ^"세종머앟도 놀랄 야민정음".경남도민일보 (in Korean). Retrieved2018-12-02.
- ^abc"롬곡롬곡·댕댕이·띵곡…'야민정음' 아세요".The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2017-10-08. Retrieved2018-10-30.
- ^ab"[ESC] 롬곡옾높".The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2017-12-28. Retrieved2018-12-02.
- ^ab"세종머앟?… 세종대왕이 울고갈 '야민정음'" [Sejong Meoa? Sejong Daewang crying over 'Yaminjeongeum'].Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). July 18, 2016.Archived from the original on 2018-10-30. Retrieved2018-10-30.
- ^임휘준 (2015-12-07)."| 저스틴 비버의 왼팔에는 한글이 있다.."'뜨또'가 뭐야?"텐아시아".텐아시아 (in Korean). Archived fromthe original on Dec 2, 2018. Retrieved2018-12-02.
- ^"[급식체를 아시나요]퍄… 극한으로 줄여쓴다".The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 5 June 2018.Archived from the original on Dec 2, 2018. Retrieved2018-12-02.
- ^Lifeplanet라이프플래닛 (2018-03-13),교보라이프플래닛_"댕댕이 여러분"(60's) 펫사랑m정기보험 런칭CF, retrieved2018-10-30
- ^"야민정음, 발랄한 문자 놀이".Seoul University Journal (in Korean). 2017-09-04. Retrieved2018-10-30.