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Podcast: Plain English
Episode: Take a year or two off your age? It's true in South Korea | Learn English expression 'imagine that'
Description: " Age is just a number, but in South Korea, it has been two (or even three) numbers. The country has long maintained a traditional way of calculating a citizen's age, where babies are born age 1 and the whole country adds a year on January 1 instead of on their birthdays. But the country recently adopted the international standard, so everyone got a little younger overnight. Plus, learn the English expression ""imagine that."" -- At Plain English, we make English lessons for the modern world. -- Today’s full English lesson, including a fr...