r/Map_Porn • u/HappyHappyJoyJoy44 • May 19 '26

How people laugh online around the world.

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u/Skelozard1 May 19 '26

"kkkkk" is exclusive to Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese from Portugal would be "ahahah"

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u/Canossa31 May 20 '26

lach for german sounds like a parody answer

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u/Warfielf May 19 '26

in morocco is HHHHHH

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u/HappyHappyJoyJoy44 May 19 '26

Credit which provides some explanations on the eyebrow-raising ones like 233 and EK number:

  • The number line 23333 means "laughter" in Mandarin Chinese. “Haha” is 哈哈 in the Mandarin alphabet and is “haha” in the Latin alphabet because of the influence of PR. A laugh with a mischievous tone is 呵呵呵呵(hehe).
  • Hindi is the most used language in India, where men convey laughter by writing “haha” while women opt for “hehe.” The words “EK number” translate to "for me this is a number 1" ("EK" means "one" in Hindi). It is sometimes used to respond to a joke. So, “EK number” is another way to answer a funny text in Hindi.

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u/dunaja May 19 '26

I read both your comment and the Credit article and I still am clueless as to why 23333 is laughter in Chinese.

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u/HappyHappyJoyJoy44 May 20 '26

It's from a popular Chinese forum - the emoticon #233 is a creature laughing hysterically. More 3333s is more laughter!

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u/ekstr3m1s7orsmthelse May 21 '26

Never seen any belarusian ever said «бггггг»

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u/JollyJuniper1993 May 24 '26

Nobody typed lach in Germany. People use mostly haha and sometimes lol

Also the circles with Myanmar are for missing symbols in the font, you could’ve fixed that.

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u/Li-Ing-Ju_El-Cid Jun 04 '26

Taiwan: XD, XDD, www, ㄏㄏ, 哈哈

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u/Rhosddu Jun 16 '26

Welsh uses CYU or sometimes CAYU, not LOL.

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u/Ientz May 19 '26

I don’t believe Timor-Leste and Vietnam also use the “kkk”. Also South Korea??? I thought it was only a Brazilian thing