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my thoughts + clarifications on the jaemin kkum r word controversy as a korean myself - a thread
**disclaimer: I mean no offense to kkum or anyone else that may have a disability
**disclaimer: I mean no offense to kkum or anyone else that may have a disability
I'm simply trying to explain another Korean perspective on the matter.
to those of you doubting my korean abilities I am fully korean and fluent (possible proof: the qtah lyric translations on your timeline a few weeks back were most probably my work)
to those of you doubting my korean abilities I am fully korean and fluent (possible proof: the qtah lyric translations on your timeline a few weeks back were most probably my work)
as a korean, after analyzing the video quite a few times it seems like this whole thing started when jaemin mispronounced either of these two words: "전능하다" "jeonneunghada" (all-knowing) or "저명하다" "jeomyeonghada" (well-known).
1st possibility: he got toungetwisted while saying this which led to him slurring his words. this sounded like "저능하다" "jeoneunghada" (of lesser intelligence). as you can see, jeonneung (all-knowing) and jeoneung (of lesser intelligence) have a difference of one n, which means
mispronunciation is definitely possible and occurs easily. the 2nd possibility is that jaemin misspoke "저명하다" "jeomyeonghada" as "jeoneunghada". I mean, we all have those moments when we mean one word but say something else, right? that's what happened. directly afterwards,
the dreamies (minus haechan) began laughing and repeating the mispronunciation. this in no way seems to be meant as derogatory - they were laughing + repeating because jaemin mispronounced something, just as they would have if he mispronounced "cat" as "cot", for example.
do I wish they would've stopped to think about what this mispronunciation sounded like? yes, because I do think that laughing at this particular mispronunciation would be sensitive. however, what I want to clarify is that they were laughing at jaemin "mispronouncing" a word, not
at jaemin mispronouncing "a word" - the connotations to these two actions are vastly different. from what I've gathered on most korean communities so far, most korean nctzens agree with me on what I've said above. to summarize, most korean nctzens + I believe jaemin simply
mispronounced something and his mispronunciation sounded close to the r word - a simple mistake. the dreamies were laughing at the fact that jaemin mispronounced something, not at how he mispronounced it. would this have been avoided with a bit more caution? maybe, but the
intentions + what they were laughing at can't reasonably be considered/proved as derogatory. one other thing I'd like to mention is how much impact one big account can have? no offense to kkum in any way but I do kinda wish she would've mentioned that this situation has different
interpretations, and that through the context it is clear that none of the dreamies were being derogatory. it's easy to make a controversy if you have a lot of followers but that much harder for those who have to explain/clarify. I understand this was a sensitive topic for this
specific account but because of one thread that voiced an opinion on a sensitive situation without context + with many possible interpretations, jaemin, haechan and the other dreamies have been dragged for quite a few hours now. that's the end of this thread, leave any questions
and I'll try to answer what I can below. also feel free to share this thread, I just want this whole thing to be somewhat clarified. i hope this has changed some of your perspectives on this matter.
