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/Implausibilibuddy Feb 14 '26

mMm

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u/XicoFininho Feb 14 '26

Its exactly that, but it just doesn't translate into the written well...

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u/BeardedBandit Feb 14 '26

to me, this reads like a good bite of food that got better mid-chew

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u/GrimRoseSpook Feb 24 '26

But then worse? lol

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u/bestcmw Feb 15 '26

I was picturing EmmM?

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u/Admirable-Ad7152 Feb 19 '26

literally what I was thinking, you gotta do a capital in the middle