라요
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North-Korean-flavoured 'do please'
-시라요 is instantly recognizable as North Korean speech, and that is exactly why these lines use it: 말해 보시라요, 경환 동무! 'speak up, Comrade Kyung Hwan!' In the South it is put on for comic effect, to sound like a broadcaster from the North — 또 보시라요 'take another look.' It functions as a polite command, the equivalent of -세요, but nobody uses it straight in ordinary Seoul speech.
Register: North Korean style, usually parodied
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1 / 5(말해 보시 ) 경환 동무!