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Definitely noticed that people from some countries (Eastern Europe?) write "ahahah" instead of "hahaha" when expressing amusement when writing English.

• ludwik 3y ago
  In Polish you can do both, and at least to me they feel slightly different - the first "a" represents the small pause while you quickly take in the air before you start laughing. To me this indicates an element of being surprised, and the reaction being natural. I think that "ahaha" is a lot less likely to be used sarcastically than "haha". Anyway, those are just my intuition as a native speaker - I'm not sure whether it is universal, I never discussed this with anyone before.
  • Izkata 3y ago
    It's pretty much the same as you describe for me in English.
  • Gabrys1 3y ago
    As a 37 year old Polish person, I've never seen "ahahaha" used online or irl.