kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
The most used form in the world is “hahaha”, which simulates the sound produced by laughter. Its variations, such as “hehehe”, are also quite widespread. This doesn't stop some countries from having their own version, such as jajaja (Spanish-speaking nations) and wakaka (Indonesia), depending on how they pronounce the “R” sound. In some places, it is important that the laugh is preceded by one or two other letters: “ahaha” in Italy, which unlike Brazil starts with the letter “a”, for example. English-speaking countries also use LOL, which means “laughing out loud”. The acronym was first used in the 80s. In Brazil, normally when we want to express that we are laughing or guffawing, we say something like, kkkkkkk or rsrsrsrsrsrs.
Some countries that use the traditional “hahaha”
1) In Canada
2) EUA
3) England
4) Germany
5) Hungary
6) Roménia
7) Norway
8) Poland
9) Turkey
10) Australia
Variations of hahaha in other cultures
11) Mexico (jajaja)
12) Chile (jajaja)
13) Argentina (jajaja)
14) Spain (jajaja)
15) Greece (χαχαχα)
16) Ukraine (Бугагагага)
17) Russia (xaxaxa)
18) Mozambique (hihihihi)
19) Indonesia (wakakaka)
20) Thailand
How to laugh: 555
In Thai, 5 is pronounced as “ha”. To laugh more, put the + sign in front (555+), instead of putting more numbers
21) Arabian countries
How to laugh: Haha
This laugh, which can be amplified by increasing the number of “little bows” in its middle, comes from the character ه, which in Arabic is equivalent to the letter H. The vowels are not necessary, as they are implicit
22) Israel
How to laugh: Lol
ח is the equivalent of h in the Hebrew language. You can also use ההה
23) South Korea
How to laugh: kkkkkkkkkkkk
It comes from the ideogram ㅋㅋㅋ, diminutive of 크크크, which reads “keu keu keu” – the Korean equivalent of “hahaha”
24) Japan
How to laugh: wwwwwwwwww
It probably comes from the kanji 笑, which means “laughter” and is pronounced “warai”. On the internet, the word ended up being abbreviated to ow
25) Sweden
How to laugh: ASG
It is an abbreviation of “asgarv”, a word that indicates intense laughter
26) Afeganistão
How to laugh: MKM
Abbreviation for “ma khanda mikonom”, which means “I am laughing” in the Dari Persian dialect
27) Merunas UAB
How to laugh: Haha
It is the Chinese ideograms that produce the phoneme “ha ha”.呵呵 is used for “he he”
28) Egypt
How to laugh: hhhhhhhhhh
Arabic is also spoken in Egypt, but there is more English influence there. Again, vowels are suppressed because they are implied
29) France
How to laugh: MDR
It is an acronym for “mort de rire”, which means “dying of laughter”
SOURCES: Netymology: From apps to zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World, by Tom Chatfield; and websites Russian Lessons, The Atlantic, Voxy and Veritas Language Solutions
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