Instead of LOL on their emails, Thais write 55555.
In Thai, 5 is pronounced "Ha" with a falling tone, as if you were emphatically saying "No!"
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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55555 This is so cute!
ReplyDeleteNow, I can speak one word in Thai!
Dianne
In Hungarian Ha means if and once my classmate was writing HAHAHAHAHAHA (laughing) as IFIFIFIFIFIFIF. I needed a few seconds to get it.
ReplyDelete55555-- now when I am writing to you, I will throw that in and you will know what I am doing!
ReplyDelete555 - in some Christianist numerology beliefs - is the opposite of 666. As in:
ReplyDelete"555 is the number of man
(666 is the number of devil"
555 can also be a Swedish version of LOL. The urban dictionary has a great "555" set of entries.
In some Aquarian belief groups, 555 is the symbol of unconditional, universal love.