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It repeats a word the other person just used and pushes back at it, offended or startled: disqualified for this, did you just call us idiots, a war on a day this nice. The 요 keeps the form polite while the tone is anything but calm, which is exactly the effect. It attaches to the noun being objected to, so it is the reaction of someone refusing the label rather than the claim.
Register: polite in form, indignant in tone
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▶ 아, 형님? 밥풀이라니요 ▶ [하의 실종 유혁 실격] - 유재석 씨 실격 - 이게 실격이라니요? [Pants-missing Yoo Hyuk disqualified] - Yoo Jae Seok, disqualified - Disqualified for this?! ▶ 은퇴라니요! Retirement?! ▶ [쩝쩝쩝쩝] 예라니요 [Chomp chomp chomp] Did you just say "yes"? ▶ "아니요" 라니요? ㅋㅋㅋ ▶ [슈카] 고시 준비라니요 [Syuka] Studying for the bar exam? ▶ - 아, 한번 들어볼까요? - 아니, 술 상무라니요 ▶ -아가씨라니요. ▶ (어릴 적 청소기 돌리던 실력 발휘 중) 처음이라니요, 어렸을 때 청소기 많이 돌렸어요 ▶ 어허! 순환이라니요! ▶ 전쟁이라니요? 이렇게 기분 좋은 날 A war? On a day this nice? ▶ 조각이라니요, 전 판으로 가죠 Slices? I'll go with a whole pizza. ▶ [형, 배라니요...] [Dude...] ▶ 개사료라니요! They're not dog ones! ▶ 먹어라니요, 지금 What do you mean eat it? ▶ 꼬라지라니요? ▶ - 야 유명아 - 유명이라니요? - 유명이가 누구예요? ▶ 3년이라니요, 3주 ▶ [내부 분열] 멍청한 것들이라니요 [Internal conflict] Did you just call us idiots? ▶ 그냥 어떤 젤리라니요?! What do you mean, some sort of jelly. ▶ 여기가 4조 달러라니요, 여기가 ▶ - 지석진 씨! - 예! - '예'라니요? ▶ 겁쟁이들이라니요 ▶ [밀키 발끈 엔젤] 대적할 별명이라니요! [Milky Flustered Angel] Wait, what do you mean a rival nickname? ▶ 로스트 디너라니요! Roast dinners!
Which one goes here? 1 / 5 (어릴 적 청소기 돌리던 실력 발휘 중) 처음이 , 어렸을 때 청소기 많이 돌렸어요
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