Different ways to write numbers in different languages

Thai: 55555 In Thai, the number 5 is pronounced 'ha' - so instead of saying 'hahahahaha,' Thai speakers will sometimes write '55555.' So, how do you laugh, on the Internet, in other languages? Here - haaaaaaaaaahahaha - is a starting guide: Laughter rendered in letters and numbers and characters - laughter that transcends language but also, online, utterly relies on it. Something like 'LOL.' Or ':-)' Or 'ha.' Or, if my hilarity is a little more hilarious than usual, 'haha.' Or, if my hilarity is a little less hilarious than usual, 'heh.' Or, if I my hilarity is slightly ironic, 'hehe.' Or, if my hilarity is slightly impish, 'teehee.' Or, if my hilarity is excessively hilarious in a way that requires some excessive laughter: 'hahahaha.' Or 'haaaaaaaaaaaahaha.' Or 'hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.'Д«ut, so many hahas, you get the idea: You'd find a way, basically, to convey through textual means the uncontrollable laughter I have provoked.Д«ut: what if we weren't speaking English? What if we were chatting in Spanish, or Mandarin, or Japanese? In an amazing reddit thread this morning, redditors from non-English-speaking countries have been weighing in on a very good question: 'what is internet culture like in your first language?'ДЄnd the most-upvoted answers, awesomely and tellingly, have focused on laughter. You could say the obvious thing: 'Megan, that is utterly, awesomely hilarious.' Most likely, though, you would say something else, something that better reflects a more natural response to my hilarity. Imagine that, in the course of our conversation, I - and this may require some extra imagination - say something utterly, awesomely hilarious. Imagine you and I are chatting somewhere and sometime on the Internet.

Different ways to write numbers in different languages