<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dear Avri,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Please translate :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:660px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:17.55px;background-color:rgb(252,250,243)"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr id="comment-283770" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);line-height:1.3;vertical-align:top"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td><td style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></td><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);vertical-align:top;line-height:1.3"><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">Hmm. I use it more in chat to mean "I completely disagree with what you've just said".</span> – <span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">user24964</span> <span class="" dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a class="" href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283770_138172" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">Nov 18 '13 at 16:49</a></span></blockquote></td></tr><tr id="comment-283772" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);width:15px;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:top"><blockquote><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px"><span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;border:0px;color:rgb(153,153,153)">3</span></td><td style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></td><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);vertical-align:top;line-height:1.3"><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">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)</span> – <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim" title="23735 reputation" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(174,55,55);white-space:nowrap">Jim</a> <span class="" dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a class="" href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283772_138172" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">Nov 18 '13 at 16:52</a></span> <span class="" title="this comment was edited 1 time" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;line-height:12px;height:15px;width:16px;background-image:url("img/sprites.svg?v=48db2fa30f0b"),none;background-repeat:no-repeat"></span></blockquote><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" title="this comment was edited 1 time" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;line-height:12px;height:15px;width:16px;background-image:url("img/sprites.svg?v=48db2fa30f0b"),none;background-repeat:no-repeat"></span></div></td></tr><tr id="comment-283776" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);line-height:1.3;vertical-align:top"><blockquote><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td><td style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></td><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);vertical-align:top;line-height:1.3"><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">@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.</span> – <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim" title="23735 reputation" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(174,55,55);white-space:nowrap">Jim</a> <span class="" dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a class="" href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283776_138172" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">Nov 18 '13 at 16:59</a></span> <span class="" title="this comment was edited 1 time" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;line-height:12px;height:15px;width:16px;background-image:url("img/sprites.svg?v=48db2fa30f0b"),none;background-repeat:no-repeat"></span></blockquote><div class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" title="this comment was edited 1 time" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;line-height:12px;height:15px;width:16px;background-image:url("img/sprites.svg?v=48db2fa30f0b"),none;background-repeat:no-repeat"></span></div></td></tr><tr id="comment-283778" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);width:15px;line-height:1.3;vertical-align:top"><blockquote><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px"><span title="number of 'useful comment' votes received" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;border:0px;color:rgb(153,153,153)">4</span></td><td style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></td><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);vertical-align:top;line-height:1.3"><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">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 <a href="http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/hmm" rel="nofollow" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">here</a>.</span> – <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/users/18220/j-r" title="46990 reputation" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(174,55,55);white-space:nowrap">J.R.</a> <span class="" dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a class="" href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283778_138172" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">Nov 18 '13 at 17:02</a></span></blockquote></td></tr><tr id="comment-283779" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);line-height:1.3;vertical-align:top"><blockquote><table style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><td class="" style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td><td style="padding:0px;border:0px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></td><td class="" style="padding:6px 6px 6px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgba(215,215,215,0.4);vertical-align:top;line-height:1.3"><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">Ah yes, the "I hadn't thought of that before" usage. Good</span> – <a href="http://english.stackexchange.com/users/17956/jim" title="23735 reputation" class="" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(174,55,55);white-space:nowrap">Jim</a> <span class="" dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;color:rgb(153,153,153)"><a class="" href="http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/138172/can-someone-explain-hmmm#comment283779_138172" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(214,125,132)">Nov 18 '13 at 17:03</a></span></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
hmmm!<br>
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