AP — After 70 years of separation, people in North and South Korea speak in increasingly different ways. South Koreans have incorporated many English words and phrases into their language while isolated communist North Korea has eliminated words with foreign origins and created homegrown substitutes. Experts say about a third of the everyday words used in the two Koreas are different.
Here are some examples:
• South Koreans use the English loan word "juice," but North Koreans say "danmul," or "sweet water."
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