The one word everyone understands
Perhaps it’s poetic that the one word understood universally is also one that indicates a lack of understanding: “Huh.”
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They’re basing this on a study of 10 languages on five continents: Dutch, Icelandic, Mandarin Chinese, the West African Siwu and the Australian aboriginal Murrinh-Patha. From PLOS One:
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