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16 Oct 12
Originally posted by ChessPraxisSo funny you mention this. Just the other day, a Mexican customer of ours wrote "ja ja ja ja" in an email to us and one of my coworkers was all puzzled by it, asking what's up with "Ja Ja Ja" (pronouncing it gringo-style like it is spelled)
Is it different in all languages? Like English hahahaha, Spanish Jajajaja. What about French and German etc?? Please help me. I need to know!! 🙁
Originally posted by ChessPraxisIt is "哈哈" in Chinese. (pronunciation is 'haha' in Mandarin and Cantonese). -WordReference (MingRaymond, SR Member)
Is it different in all languages? Like English hahahaha, Spanish Jajajaja. What about French and German etc?? Please help me. I need to know!! 🙁
gb (Ha,)
Originally posted by KewpieIn amateur radio, laughter is noted in morse code as .... .. (hi, done twice, so .... .. .... .., so that got added to ham talk, a funny is said with voice, hi hi.
Turkish:
hahaha (very typical laughter, it's usually triple 'ha', not double)
ha... ha... ha... (sarcastic)
hihihi (giggling)
(not original). Wonder if you could do variations like this in other languages?
Originally posted by RevRSleekerIn the "other" French (Quebec) they use the term Salut which is interchangable for Hi or Bye.
'Hi, Bien ?' is quite usual in French for 'how are you ?'.. as in, 'bien ou quoi ?' which is the same as 'ca va bien ?'... the most usual greeting in Paris, and pretty much all over France now, is the simple, 'Wesh ?!'...it means the same as above but is proper street slang.