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sjksjsakdj | Typing Laughing in Different Languages

 "sjksjsakdj? What are you talking about?" Are these your inner voice? If you don't know these then you can't be Turkish.  Turkish=adsfdfsd/kdklsdj/sjsksjss These random letters are used in Turkish messages to symbolize laughing. I think random gives the meaning of "I am laughing so much that even I can't press letters so I just tap them randomly." At least for me:) Unlike in English, if you write ha ha ha , or something like this, it doesn't seem convincing as random .  In some memes, "sj" or "s and j" is used for kidding. English=lol/lmao/haha There are many ways to write in English but these are the most common ones. LOL means Laughing Out Loud, LMAO and LMFAO, of course i won't write their explanation. LOL. French=mdr In French, "mdr" means "mort de rire" which means "died of laughter". In France and Belgium, some people use "ptdr" which means "broken with laughter". Other...

How to Understand That a Word Is Turkish?

 If you have an interest in the Turkish language, there are words that you probably have thought are not Turkish. Even some native speakers are struggling to find which given word is not Turkish. In this writing, I am going to show you some tips that I learned in school. Before the Latin alphabet, the Arabic alphabet was used. When the alphabet changed, some issues came with it. Such as caret or with its direct meaning in Turkish; correcting sign. I will come back to this later. 1) Two Vowels Two vowels can not be side by side in a word. Such as saat (clock/time), maalesef (unfortunately), aile (family), şair (poet)... 2) Two Consonants The same consonant can not be side by side in the roots of Turkish words. Such as sıhhat (health), millet (nation), şiddet (violence), bakkal (grocery)... 3) Long Vowels There are no long vowels in Turkish. As I mentioned before, with the alphabet change, this little thing has come into our lives to separate Turkish and foreign words. By the way, in...