Huhu

Huhuö.

Oh, sorry. I meant Huhu.

Huhuö means something like eskimo cheese, so it wouldn't make sense for me to say that. Huhu is just something to say when you've just arrived somewhere and feel like talking; or rather, that is what "huhu" means to me. Rather fascinating, is it not? Well, probably not.

But that's just one of its hundreds of billions of meanings. It has several meanings, each suitable for a special occasion, and to add to the number, each person interprets the word in a different manner.

See, to someone else "huhu" could mean that he is exhausted; that he is relieved; that he is pleased. We can never know, and sometimes it's maddening when you think about it: How many misunderstandings could be solved, if we all just had the same meanings for these idioms?

Now, I have hard time imagining that such a thing would be creative or 'free' in our way of thinking, but if there indeed was a sort of a group mind, one that connected each and every one of us, controlled our minds and the ways we interpretted things - would it be a good thing? So much could be better. But so much could be lost.

Just another thought I had today.

Author's Note

I felt like writing.

Reviews

[quinfinn]

interesting essay. watch "two and a half men" for a few episodes and you'll see a whole new venue for "hoohoo"

[Mikael Malmberg]

Haha, I have to check that out!

Now looking back at this, I should think I was in a creative fit back then. Right now, however, if one were to compare the past and the present, he would find the present like a smudgy mirror in comparison, a shade of what glory the reflection should achieve.

I mean that I am very dull at the moment. xD

If you liked this, maybe you will like my other writings. I'll make sure to record more of my thoughts in the future. hehe

[Marie]

Well thank you for giving me another word to use when I'm tired or bored or don't know what else to say. I'm getting tired of saying "soup" all the time, which is one of my favorite, nondescript words (not to mention meal).

[Mikael Malmberg]

Haha, yes.

I use huhu a lot in my day-to-day conversations, often without even thinking about it. Strange; what will the other person think of me when I say it? Be careful with the word, Marie... it is a double-bladed sword...

[Marie]

Not if no one knows what it means.

[Mikael Malmberg]

Why, that is exactly why it's a wild card.