A ̶r̶o̶s̶e̶ meh by any other name would smell as sweet
6Calling all Meh’terati!
I’m abroad right now and it got me a’thinkin’ . . . what is the equivalent of meh in other languages?
My best guess with my decidedly meh Mandarin is that the equivalent would be 马马虎虎 or ma ma hu hu. The literal meaning is “horse, horse, tiger, tiger,” however it’s slang for so-so or tolerable.
Would love to see equivalents in other languages.
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asi asi is like so so in Spanish …I think
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
is universal
@therealjrn unless you are unplugged and off the grid
@huja like you are now?
@therealjrn I’m rubbing two sticks together to produce electricity. I’ve got a big ball of foil on the end of a spoon for my internet connection. (Disclaimer: The science in this post has not be verified and is not guaranteed to be accurate. YMMV)
@huja Hey, I’ve seen Gilligan’s Island, I know how stuff works out there
@huja Seems legit!
Does “WAL” mean something like “Meh” in Korean?
http://www.wal.co.kr/shop/index.php
@f00l Mind. Blown. Also, ‘wal’ does something weird to Google Translate
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@f00l Wow! Totally Korean Meh!
In Portuguese the closest phrase is ‘mais ou menos’ (more or less). Also, in Brazil we say things like ‘ehhhh’ or ‘nehhh’ but those aren’t words just sounds.
when i was in china, i had one of the booth vendor people make a stamp for me.
read (from right to left), it says pingyong, which translates literally to ‘commonplace level’. or, mediocre in the new age tongue.
@carl669
You can read it? Am in awe.
@f00l i can’t read it. a friend of the one of the people in the group i was with lives in china. she met up with us and helped me.