This guy still doesn't know his own cousin's real name

He posted a board update admitting he still can't pin down what his cousin is actually called.

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Anonymous · 2024.10.20

I still don't know my cousin's name나는 내 사촌의 이름을 아직 모른다

So I still don't really know my cousin's name.나 그래서 아직 내 사촌이름 잘 모름

It's probably one of: Seong-woon, Seong-hoon, Seong-woo, Seung-woon, Seung-hoon, or Seung-woo.승우이=성운, 성훈, 성우, 승운, 승훈, 승우 중 하나일듯

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💡 Wait, how do you not know your own cousin's name?
Korean cousins almost always call each other by kinship titles like 형/오빠/누나 (older brother/sister) instead of first names, so the actual name rarely gets said out loud.vs. the US: like never learning your cousin's first name because everyone in the family just says 'cuz'.Klore note
💡 Why do the six guesses all sound the same?
Korean given names are built from a small pool of syllables, and families often share one syllable across siblings/cousins (a tradition called 돌림자), so names like 성운/승운/성훈 blur together.vs. English: as hard to tell apart by ear as Sean, Shaun, and Shawn.Klore note

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