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bizz communications
Germany
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Dear All,
was wondering if the expression "mmmmhh" is universal or where it is not used.
Best regards
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Samuel Murray 
Netherlands
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| | Depends on the tone and tune | Mar 23, 2010 |
Matt Bissette wrote:
I was wondering if the expression "mmmmhh" is universal or where it is not used. |
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I have not yet met anyone who does not understand "mmm", but I have experienced that different cultures use different tones and tunes to mean different things. I don't think you can have a fruitful conversation about "mmm" without sound files, because I can only guess why you write "mmh" instead of "hmm".
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BeCrystalClear
Belgium
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| | Certainly works in Dutch | Mar 23, 2010 |
... but here it's generally spelt "mmm" (the h is dropped). And the number of m's you use is arbitrary.
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Pablo Bouvier
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Matt Bissette wrote:
Dear All,
was wondering if the expression "mmmmhh" is universal or where it is not used.
Best regards |
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What does exactly mean mmmhhh?
Mmmhh, I guess I did not understand the question....
Mmmmhhh! Lecker... 
Mmmmhh, it is quite dubious. Really, I do not know. 
[Editado a las 2010-03-23 09:24 GMT]
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Tomás Cano Binder, CT
Spain
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| | Insufficient information | Mar 23, 2010 |
In order to judge on the matter, we would need to know what you want to express with "Mmmh". Is it delight, doubt, ommision of some word you don't want to say, agreement... Please let us know.
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bizz communications
Germany
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TOPIC STARTER | | Mmmh (delicious) | Mar 23, 2010 |
In this context mmmh for delicious
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
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| | 2 posts for one question | Mar 23, 2010 |
Not sure why you started 2 posts on this. ?
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Veronica Lupascu
Netherlands
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I used 'hmm' in a 'discussion' with an artificial intelligence http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/main.html .
The next reply was that 92% from the writers spell "hmm" with a single m so the rest of 8% are exceptions
It is a funny program, relaxing...
I spell "mmmm" without "h"... We use it in Romanian for expressing that something tastes good.
What do native speakers of other languages use it for?
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
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| | Probably is... | Mar 23, 2010 |
I think it probably is, as it's the natural thing to do when you've just put something delicious in your mouth and you want to express your delight without opening your mouth!
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
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| | Depends how you position the lips | Mar 23, 2010 |
Mm with lips put lightly forward means good, mm with lips drawn to the sides means doubt.
But I wonder if this is true for instance in Japan too. At least in movies they make all kind of strange sounds that we Europeans don't understand at all.
Regards
Heinrich
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bizz communications
Germany
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TOPIC STARTER | | Interesting if this is true in Asia | Mar 23, 2010 |
I really word if this is also the case for Asian languages...
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ahmadwadan.com
Kuwait
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| | Yes, in Arab World | Mar 23, 2010 |
Generally speaking, yes, it is ok in Arab World.
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Susana Valdez
Portugal
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| | In Portugal, no | Mar 23, 2010 |
Hi everyone,
We would right "Hum"!
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xxxAguas de Mar
Brazil
| | My experience in Spanish and in Mexico | Mar 23, 2010 |
"Mmmm" or "Hmmm" or "Mmmmh", can have at least four meanings, depending on the intonation.
One would be delicious, of course; but a second one could be something like "this is a problem" or "this is annoying"; and yet a third one, if "pronounced" like a question could be "what?", "what, are you saying?", "what do you want?". Now, if pronounced with a kind of exclamation intonation, it could mean "Oh, I get it now", or something of the sort. Come to think of it, people use a lot of "mmmm" with different intonations to mean different things.
[Edited at 2010-03-23 16:11 GMT]
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Igor Popov
Russian Federation
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| | Hey, everybody!- Mmmh in Russian... | Mar 23, 2010 |
Generally, mmmh will be understood anywhere.
However, if you write MMM in capital letters, for a Russian it will remind of the name of the company which built a financial pyramid and cheated the bulk population of this country in ‘90s.
As for hmm, it means maybe, maybe…
As for the examples provided here:
Mmmmhhh! Lecker...
Mmmmhh, it is quite dubious
A Russian instead of mmmmh will say
Oh! Yammy оr Ooh! Yammi (In Russian O!Vkusnyatina! or OO!Vkusnyatina!)
Hm will be used same as in Hm, it is quite dubious.
Igor
[Edited at 2010-03-23 17:26 GMT]
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