Exploring the Culture & History Behind When Life Gives You Tangerines
Introducing Jeju Island through 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' Today, let's talk about the background of When Life Gives You Tangerines , a Netflix drama that is gaining immense popularity. To do so, we can't leave out the story of Jeju dialect. The phrase Pokssak Sogatsuda (폭싹 속았수다) is not even familiar to me, a native Korean speaker. Although South Korea is a small country, it is divided into administrative regions like U.S. states, and each region has its own dialect. Among them, Jeju, famous as a tourist destination, has a unique culture along with a history of hardship. Jeju dialect is particularly distinctive, making it difficult to understand even for other Koreans. However, this was more common among older generations. As more mainlanders (referred to as yukji saram by Jeju locals) settled in Jeju, the dialect has softened significantly over time. I have a friend from Jeju, and although I sometimes struggle to understand their conversations...
