How different languages laugh online • Hacker News Board

esperent wrote: post #23

pard68 wrote: post #9

And in World of Warcrft it's "kek"

Actually from Starcraft, it's the Korean way to say hahaha (kekeke).

I don't speak or read Korean, but I think kekeke might be a transliteration of ㅋㅋㅋ - I've seen that frequently enough in Korean language comments on YouTube that I've looked it up before. A quick web search led me to more Korean lols and hahas... https://domandhyo.com/2017/07/lol-in-korean-%E3%85%8B%E3%85%...

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Post by names_are_hard » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 6:04 AM UTC

fortran77 wrote: post #20

חחחחחחח is the only Hebrew one I've seen; I've never seen לול used in chats.

I've seen it, but rarely and maybe ironically. I've never seen למאו and probably wouldn't get it if I did.

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Post by ahazred8ta » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 6:32 AM UTC

lawgimenez wrote: post #13

There’s also bwahahaha or wakekeke.

Muahahaha pairs nicely with "Fools! I'll destroy them all!"

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-use-of-the-fools-... (it was in circulation in the 1800s)

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Post by adrianmsmith » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 7:33 AM UTC

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

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Post by slekker » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 7:38 AM UTC

ajimix wrote: post #3

They didn’t mention that in Spain most people use xD which is the emoticon of laughing in its written version. It can be used in different capitalizations: xD XD xd

Don't forget Xd, which I see used in "absurd" but funny situations.

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Post by robjan » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 7:57 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.

It's the word 撚 which means penis (lan2 which sounds more like "lun"). You can pretty much stick it between many words, much like "fucking" in English, to add emphasis.