386 세대
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Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in the 1990s, originally to refer to people in their thirties (3) who went to university in the 1980s (8) and were born in the 1960s (6), influenced by the microprocessor i386. The first number is sometimes revised according to the current age of the generation (486세대, 586세대, etc.), but more commonly the original formulation is preserved.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠mpʰa̠ʎʎuk̚ sʰe̞(ː)dɛ] ~ [sʰa̠mpʰa̠ʎʎuk̚ sʰe̞(ː)de̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [삼팔륙 세(ː)대/삼팔륙 세(ː)데]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sampallyuk sedae |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sampallyug sedae |
| McCune–Reischauer? | samp'allyuk sedae |
| Yale Romanization? | samphallyuk sēytay |
Noun[edit]
- 386 Generation (those born in the 1960s, the politically and economically dominant age cohort in South Korea in the early twenty-first century)