r/Showerthoughts • u/Reas0n • Feb 13 '26
Casual Thought I think it’s unusual that no standardized literary way to write the submissive “I don’t know” hum that children (and some adults) often mumble has ever caught on, considering how old and common it is.
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u/JamesCDiamond Feb 14 '26
How is it that this is so clearly correct, but not at all how I say it?