How do other languages indicate laughter on the internet? : linguistics - 1 views
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English - "hahaha" Spanish - "jajaja" Arabic - "ههههه" ("hhhhh" - Arabic doesn't write short vowels, so that could be read as "hahahahaha") Thai - "55555" ("5" in Thai is pronounced "ha")
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French typically writes "héhé" or just "hahaha." The French equivalent of "lol" (if they don't just use lol) is "mdr," which stand for "mort de rire," literally "dying of laughter."
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Swedish: “hahaha” or “hihihi” or “hohoho” or “hehehe”, with slight semantic differences between all choices; “hihihi” is more giggly, and “hehehe” more chuckling.