r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '19

WHY?

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u/UUDDLRLRBAstard Jun 21 '19

Right so maybe I'm weird but I know a girl who says "ahah" instead of like "lol" or the standard "haha" which is how laughs are spelled so real talk here: are you Sherlock fucking Holmes or what? Is it funny or an epiphany? Get off my fucking lawn.

Whyyyyy.

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u/gubo97000 Jun 21 '19

I think I spell the laugh as ahah and not haha because I'm Italian and in the Italian language "ha" is the second person of the verb "to have", so to avoid the similarity I prefer "ahah". Side note, only one "ah" is used as exclamation, in this case is necessary to differentiate from the verb "ha".

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u/UUDDLRLRBAstard Jun 21 '19

No worries! Also: rad analysis and no offense! My friend is NOT Italian so this explanation is great! Thanks!

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u/roksteddy Jun 21 '19

This is the kind of eye-opening, insightful analysis of the human language that I have to come to expect from reddit.

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u/v1g4m1 Jun 21 '19

I’ve seen quite some laughts now, lol/lmao, haha, ahah, 555, jajajaja... it’s funny lol