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The title is misleading. It's not about the specific word "Huh" but about the fact that every language has a word that takes its function - namely to trigger a
by halfdan 6y ago
The title is misleading. It's not about the specific word "Huh" but about the fact that every language has a word that takes its function - namely to trigger a speaker to repeat their previous sentence.
- luckylion 6y agoAnd at least the one they claim for German ("häh?") is a general expression of "I don't understand", but it doesn't mean "can you repeat that?", it means "I don't understand", which you'd say if you don't understand e.g. an explanation. If you didn't understand somebody because you weren't listening, they are mumbling or there was a noise, you'd say "Wie bitte?" or something similar, not "häh?" I suppose if you widen the concept of "is the same" enough, you'll find all sorts of words that exist in all languages. Sure, they may sound different, they may not really convey the same meaning ... but they exist!