[CCWG-ACCT] Follow-up from the Word Internet Conference in China

[Avri Doria]

hmmm ==  what a curious thing to say, this is something I need to think
about. 
at least that is what I always mean by it.

and with that, best wishes to all my very strange and peculiar Internet
community compatriots.  hope that those of you who already reached 2016
are setting the stage for a fascinating year.

avri

On 31-Dec-15 12:27, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
> Dear Avri,
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> Please translate :)
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>     Hmm. I use it more in chat to mean "I completely disagree with
>     what you've just said". – user24964 Nov 18 '13 at 16:49
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283770_138172>
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>     It means exactly the same thing as when someone actually says it
>     when you're speaking face to face. In other words it can mean a
>     lot if different things depending on context and intonation (which
>     admittedly is lost in email and chat) – Jim
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim> Nov 18 '13 at
>     16:52
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283772_138172> 
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>     @J.R.- I say it on several occasions. 1. When I want to say "I'm
>     not sure I agree with you, but I don't think it's worth arguing
>     about." 2. when I'm not paying strict attention to the person
>     who's speaking and I realize they've just addressed a question to
>     me and I want to indicate that I need them to repeat it. 3. when
>     I'm in the middle of doing something and I just realize that I've
>     run into a problem to which I don't immediately know the
>     solution. – Jim
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim> Nov 18 '13 at
>     16:59
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283776_138172> 
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>     Hmmmm... no additional context? It could be used to express
>     annoyance, but it could be used to express other sentiments as
>     well, such as "I hadn't thought of it that way before" or "let me
>     think about this some more for a moment" or "I'm not so sure I
>     agree with that." More here
>     <http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/hmm>. – J.R.
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/users/18220/j-r> Nov 18 '13 at
>     17:02
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283778_138172>
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>     Ah yes, the "I hadn't thought of that before" usage. Good – Jim
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim> Nov 18 '13 at
>     17:03
>     <http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283779_138172>
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> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org
> <mailto:avri at acm.org>> wrote:
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>     hmmm!
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>     On 31-Dec-15 05:46, Kavouss Arasteh wrote:
>     > Dear All,
>     > I have now realised that internet community/ ICANN community is
>     a very
>     > strange and peculiar community.
>     > Kavouss
>
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