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Re:Aizuchi: Does Your Listening Make Japanese People Uncomfo... by inanutshellus on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:30PM (#33291431)
I spent some time in Sweden. Old folk in the region I was in would do this quick inhale of breath instead of an "uh huh" kinda "I'm listening".

The thing is... it was like a tiny, frightened gasp. The first dude that did it made me worry he was having a heart attack!

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Re:Aizuchi: Does Your Listening Make Japanese People Uncomfo... by bjelkeman-again on Friday October 21, 2022 @04:30PM (#33292700)
Was this maybe in the north of Sweden. The inhale of breath between nearly closed lips is the way there. But we also have quite a lot of what is described in TFA, but with different non-word sounds all over Sweden. But the indrawn breath is more north Sweden.
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