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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 184 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

hhhhh is like hahahah in chinese btw.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 55 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks for this. Whenever I type that sound, it's intended as like an exasperated sigh

[–] starik@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago

I read it as hiss, but with a slack jaw and staring blankly ahead, like a zombie

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Brazilians write kkkkkkkk which confused me a lot

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Koreans use ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ (hhhhh) and ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (kkkkk). They also put ~~~~~ everywhere, apparently that makes things less serious.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Japan they'll use either 笑笑笑 or wwww. Sometimes you see ハハハ which is a transliteration of hahaha.

[–] nightlily@leminal.space 4 points 1 week ago

Or there is the classic 草

[–] bartvbl@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Spanish use jajajajaja afaik

[–] dindresto@lemmy.korz.dev 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a German, this always confuses me

[–] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago

jajajajaja angrily nods head

[–] AliOski@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

j is spoken similar to an h in Spanish. Juan is basically almost Huan.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago

I'm American who grew up in Florida with a mother who grew up in Puerto Rico, with tons of Spanish exposure, and I still read that as "yah yah yah yah yah"

[–] T4V0@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

It’s due to how the letter is spelled in brazilian portuguese, it more of a 'kah' sound, like a cackle.

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

So they aren't chatting with Darth Vader? ☹️

[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks, I read it like hhhhhng which is... different.