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The Russian example in the paper is something like "a?". Part of their hypothesis that makes "huh" a word is that it is calibrated to the phonetic system of its
by sm0ckr 11y ago
The Russian example in the paper is something like "a?". Part of their hypothesis that makes "huh" a word is that it is calibrated to the phonetic system of its language.
- zastavka 11y ago> calibrated to the phonetic system of its language The funny thing about that, though, is that English "huh" has a phonetic feature that's almost nonexistent in the language otherwise: a nasal vowel not followed by a nasal consonant.
- coldtea 11y ago>a nasal vowel not followed by a nasal consonant Maybe depends on where in the English speaking world? I'm thinking of Scotland, Ireland, Australia, etc.