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English translation: golly / gracious / not that this is to be taken seriously

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14:17 Nov 21, 2010

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / literature

English term or phrase: ha

The sentence is :"She was a sexual hysteric, ha. Not that she believed it."

What is "ha" here?

macky KudoZ activity Questions: 278 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 03:50

English translation:golly / gracious / not that this is to be taken seriously

Explanation:
A bit difficult to tell if the writer is disagreeing with the comment, but the comment is certainly being put into doubt or shown to be surprising.

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Noni Gilbert
Local time: 21:50

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3 +3

golly / gracious / not that this is to be taken seriously

Noni Gilbert

4 +1

yeah right

Ledja Derveni

(A representation of laughter) ha! That’s funny.

Constantinos Faridis

surprise

Jonathan MacKerron

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

an exclamation surprise

Explanation:
Merriam Webster = "used to express surprise, joy, or grief or sometimes doubt or hesitation or to request repetition or clarification of something just said"

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Note added at 3 mins (2010-11-21 14:21:34 GMT)
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here perhaps rather meant as an "exclamation"

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of:

English

5 mins confidence:

(A representation of laughter) ha! That’s funny.

Explanation:
ha

1. A representation of laughter.

Ha, ha, ha! That’s funny.

2. An exclamation of triumph or discovery.

Ha! Checkmate!
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HwdBRtB...

Constantinos Faridis
Greece
Local time: 22:50
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

golly / gracious / not that this is to be taken seriously

Explanation:
A bit difficult to tell if the writer is disagreeing with the comment, but the comment is certainly being put into doubt or shown to be surprising.

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 21:50
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

yeah right

Explanation:
"Yeah right!" as in doubting what's being claimed in the rest of the sentence.

(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yeah right)
I doubt it. (double positive equaling a negative.)

Ledja Derveni
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of:

Albanian

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