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Is ‘Huh?’ a universal word?

Tags: language, huh

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  1. knocklessmonster
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    "Nah" might be. My brother was playing Runescape, a dude asked him something, he replied "nah," and it blew this Russian player's mind. Dude started typing back in Russian, but they figured out...

    "Nah" might be. My brother was playing Runescape, a dude asked him something, he replied "nah," and it blew this Russian player's mind. Dude started typing back in Russian, but they figured out that it sort of means the same thing in both cultures (American and Russian) with vastly different languages and cultures.

    EDIT: This was off topic, but to explain, it may be that many monosyllabic words, from "huh?" to "no" are somewhat universal.

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  2. gyrozeppeli
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    In Korean it's 엉? or 응?- eong/eung?

    In Korean it's 엉? or 응?- eong/eung?

    5 votes