The sped-up segment of the song that’s been circulating on the social media platform begins with the Korean words “nikka” (“니까”), a conjunction, along with “niga” (“니가”), which roughly translates to an informal use of the word “you” in English. TikTok users have lip-synced to the clip in videos, as seen in countless trends using popular songs, only to come under fire for mouthing what sounds like the N-word.
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That polite way to ask a question in Korean has nigga at the end
In 2020, a similar misunderstanding with a Mandarin phrase resulted in more serious consequences for Greg Patton, a professor of communications at the University of Southern California. He was suspended for causing offense for explaining to his class that the Mandarin word “nèi ge” (“那个”), which translates to “that,” is used as a placeholder word in China.
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