He fired off a half-asleep quick reply at 8am. Wrong chat window.

A student's 'Princess, you up?' landed in his male professor's inbox — and got answered.

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● Some K-contextDaily lifeMemeHow much Korea-context this story assumes. English translations and context by Klore.
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  1. Thank you for replying even this late at night!!

    늦은시간인데도 연락 받아주셔서 감사합니다!!

  2. Have a peaceful night, sir!

    편안한 밤 되십시오!

  3. Professor

    Sure~

    그래~

  4. Wednesday, November 20, 20192019년 11월 20일 수요일
  5. Princess, you up?

    공주 일어났어?

  6. Professor

    Yeah

    응

  7. (OP) Half-asleep in the morning, I meant to fire off a quick reply to my girlfriend and sent that to my male professor instead. Too late to unsend it… and why the hell did he answer?(글쓴이) 아침에 정신없어서 카톡온거 빠른답장으로 보낸다는게 여친한테 보낼걸 남자 교수한테 저렇게 보냈다. 시간 지나서 지우지도 못함… 답장은 대체 왜 한거지
Screenshot circulating on Korean communities · original poster unknown
💡 Why is this worse than a normal wrong-window text?
The night before, he used Korea's stiffest formal speech to a professor; twelve hours later, pet-name casual speech. The professor's one-syllable "응" (yeah) plays along perfectly.vs. texting your thesis advisor "morning babe" at 8am.Klore note
💡 Why not just unsend it?
KakaoTalk only lets you delete for everyone within 5 minutes. After that it's frozen in the chat forever.vs. Slack, where you can quietly edit an hour later.Klore note

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