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How To Say LOL In 14 Different Languages

If you see something hilarious on Russian Facebook, you'll know exactly what to do.

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Allison McCann
by Allison McCann

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Russell Brandom
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Japan: wwwwwwww

world104.com

The Japanese gaming world was quick to adopt "w" for the word "warai" which means laughing. Now, the more wwwwwww's the better!

Israel: חחח/ההה

Twitter: @Jews_News

The letter ח is pronounced ‘kh’ so putting a bunch together is khkhkhkhkh which is kind of like hahahah

Twitter: @emi1ie

Sweden: *asg*

Twitter: @https://twitter.com/!/search/asg%20lang%3Asv

*asg* is an abbreviation for asgarv which means intense laughter in Swedish

Everywhere: ha3

It's most popular in Malaysia and the Arab world, but it's so simple ("ha" x3) that you see it just about everywhere.

lucyinlovewithkays.tumblr.com

France: mdr

Twitter: @RUFD1
Facebook: search

mdr comes from the French phrase “mort de rire” which means “dying of laughter"

China: 哈哈哈

plurk.com
forums.allkpop.com

Latin America: jajajá

facebook.com

The Middle East: هههههههههههه

Facebook: search

This is the Arabic script equivalent of hahaha but because Arabic uses short vowels it'd be more like hhhhhhhhhh

Brazil: kkkkkkkkkk or rsrsrsrsrs

youtube.com
Twitter: @https://twitter.com/!/search/rs%20lang%3Apt

Korea: ㅋㅋㅋ and ㅎㅎㅎ

Facebook: permalink.php
youtube.com

Thailand: 555

quickagram.com

The sound of 5 in Thai is ‘ha’ so 555 is literally hahaha

Russia: xa xa, хи хи, гы-гы and бу-гы-га-га

nhaler.tumblr.com
Facebook: permalink.php
lonelyplanet.com
Facebook: VarnaCity

Greece: ΛΟΛ

choco-bacon.tumblr.com
youtube.com

Nigeria: LWKM and LWKMD

djwillz.tumblr.com

Translates to "laugh wan kill me" and "laugh wan kill me dead."

Andrew Randa @RandaAndrew

Shocked: My lil mama just counted 1-10 in hausa, I could not contain my laughter, how did she learn that? Grandma things? #LWKMD

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Shocked: My lil mama just counted 1-10 in hausa, I could not contain my laughter, how did she learn that? Grandma things? #LWKMD-- Andrew Randa

EVABETA ..... TEGA @MR_T_TEGA

If u were to collect THREE thousand naira from all your ex's, how much will u have in total? pls be sincere #LWKMD

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If u were to collect THREE thousand naira from all your ex's, how much will u have in total? pls be sincere #LWKMD-- EVABETA ..... TEGA

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