How different languages laugh online • Hacker News Board

Re: How different languages laugh online

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Post by qazxcvbnm » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 2:52 AM UTC

lbussell wrote: post #2

I’m curious about “L” being a curse world in Cantonese. I looked it up but couldn’t find anything about this.

Can corroborate the previous replies; or taking the initials of the words like `sls` is common these days

Re: How different languages laugh online

#12

Post by petesergeant » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 3:29 AM UTC

Pfff, anything missing that Thais write 55555 (because 5 in Thai is "hâː") is missing a trick. Also, FWIW, I've always thought the numeral (when written in Thai, which is a bit unusual) looks like the cereal-spit guy ๕:

https://obs.line-scdn.net/0hTLsunG_HC2NODB-jHVl0NHZaBxJ9ahFq...

(update: oh, I scrolled down and found it. It was immune to being found with Ctrl-F)

Re: How different languages laugh online

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Post by lawgimenez » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 3:32 AM UTC

There’s also bwahahaha or wakekeke.

Re: How different languages laugh online

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Post by potsandpans » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 3:41 AM UTC

xvedejas wrote: post #8

In a certain gaming community, we laugh not with "lol" but with "11", since that plays a laughing taunt. This extends to chats outside of the game itself