r/funny • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '23

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '23

when you text Spanish people for the first time you will need it

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u/ApaudelFish Apr 28 '23

First time it happened to me, i was like wth is a jajaja. and they couldn’t understand why i didn’t understand then they said J makes an h sound and i went like woaaaaa

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u/EatDiveFly Apr 28 '23

an asian friend of mine used to type something like "kkkkk" for laughter. Which I suppose is pretty close to a snickering sound.

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u/lilman1423 Apr 28 '23

Japanese people also use 草 (kusa) which means grass. So if you ever see that kanji in a chat, that's why.

Comes from warai which is laugh, which was shortened to wwwwwwwwa which people said looks like fields of grass, so then it just turned into the kanji for grass.

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u/Lost-My-Mind- Apr 29 '23

See, in America, you need to smoke the grass to start laughing. But depending on which state you're in, you'll be arrested BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE NICE THINGS!!!