What would the http code be for "huh?"
417 Expectation Failed?
Is huh a universal word? (2013)
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Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#22What would the http code be for "huh?"
400
Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#23Thai people will say "Ow?!" to express confusion/surprise, so I guess it's not quite universal.
Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#24What would the http code be for "huh?"
418
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Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#26What would the http code be for "huh?"
400 (Bad Request)
>The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.
Some APIs use it for the case when the client passes in invalid data.
Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#27Sounds awfully like the Hindi word for 'yes'.
Nup, that's different.
Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
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#29Not all sounds like that are. In Italy, instead of saying "I don't know", you can say "boh?" with the oooo sometimes drawn out. It's something you start to understand from the context, but is by no means some kind of universal sound.
>instead of saying "I don't know", you can say "boh?" with the oooo sometimes drawn out. In Japan, the equivalent is "sah" with the aaaa sometimes drawn out.
I've never heard "sah" used for "I don't know". Sah is similar to "you know" as in valley girl speak.
Hey, yesterday you know, I want to the mall you know, and there was this sale, you know, it was totally cheap, you know, so I bought 3 pairs of shoes, you know, aren't they great!?
In Japanese you can replace every "you know" with "sah".
You can put "sah" at the end of sentence when you don't know something or are contemplating but I wouldn't translate it in that case as "I don't know". Rather more like "Hmmmm...." as in "I wonder" like the feeling this emoji is trying to express https://www.google.com/search?q=hmmm+emoji
Re: Is huh a universal word? (2013)
#30I must be skimming too much. They say "huh" is universal but point out Japan (and apparently Korean) use "eh". "eh" != "huh", not even close nor is its usage. Maybe these are are different but you can use "eh" to acknowledge you heard. With a question inflection to point out you didn't hear.