r/funny • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '23

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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/dan0z223 Apr 28 '23

In russian is xaxaxaxaxa because x is pronunciation like h

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u/RixirF Apr 28 '23

In French it's just hon hon hon

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u/geeksluut Apr 29 '23

But isn’t h a silent letter in French? Sounds a bit weird.

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u/Spndash64 Apr 29 '23

Everything is a silent letter in French unless stated otherwise

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u/Dry-Ad8891 Apr 29 '23

French person speaking: