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chilly jewel
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Also i have no idea what it sounds like irl, if anyone has an example i would be eternally grateful

gusty cargo
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It's like the equivalent of ugh in english

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it's used to express disappointment

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you can use it mostly either by itself or preceding a negative comment

stuck flicker
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More like annoyance. It's like "oh come on" in English.

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Or argh.

gusty cargo
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you can find it too in roh là là which is like a more "annoyed" oh là là

restive swan
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some people type orh too

cursive magnet
# stuck flicker Here's this thread to help you a bit: <https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/r...

I'd like to add to that, that often, it is not derogatory, it's a way to attach some satire to the meaning and is meant to be ironic.

In fact, I don't think the common use is the obvious meaning of sigh, I think it's often carrying some sort of comical ulterior meaning, to punctuate a joke. (Objectively, that's a discursive marker, and it carries no meaning lexicographically, but semantically, it often carries the meaning of "sigh" but very exaggerated, so exaggerated that it is rarely taken seriously.)

Roh, tu pourrais faire un effort quand même !

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The exception to that is when the /o/ isn't pronounced.

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Then in this case, its meaning is clear annoyance (Especially when there's some sort of phonetic "click consonant" directly after or before.) and not like argh or sigh, but like similarly to something along the line of X me fait royalement chier.

chilly jewel
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Thanks for the detailed responses ☺️ I still have no idea what it actually sounds like irl though pourquoi I must have heard it by now but just didn't recognize it.

chilly jewel
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Is it actually pronounced like \ʁo\ ?

cursive magnet
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Yes.

chilly jewel
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And what click consonant o.o

cursive magnet
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You use them everyday !

chilly jewel
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tsk

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is it the same one we use in English?

cursive magnet
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Hard to describe without a microphone, but overall, it's when you press your tongue on your palate or alveolus and do a sound without any air.

chilly jewel
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i see MonkaHmm

cursive magnet
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wait let's see if I can find one online.

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Many of the languages spoken by the Nguni people of southern Africa as well as the San people have a range of click sounds.

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that's short enough, and that's an amazing video.

chilly jewel
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ah yeah I've seen that 👀

cursive magnet
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look at 0:30.

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he does a click right at 29-30.

chilly jewel
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is that the one that u do after roh?

cursive magnet
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Not exactly, but it is a bit similar.

chilly jewel
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rohh

cursive magnet
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I think the one at 1:48 is closer.

chilly jewel
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aha

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yeah i think we do that one in english too

cursive magnet
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it's the click of "you are pissing me off".

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Yeah, I assumed it's kinda universal, but I'm no expert in clicks.

chilly jewel
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i usually see it written as 'tsk'

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in english

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we also do it repeated like 'tsk tsk tsk' but some people also say literally 'tisk tisk tisk' which, now I'm wondering if that's overcorrection

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anyway thanks for your help blobheart

cursive magnet
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(I trust you though, if you tell me that it's more like a click.)

chilly jewel
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tho, i consider it pretty rude to openly "tsk" click at people and i think that probably goes for americans in general, it's an expression of frustration and disappointment

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sometimes it can be other things tho like incredulity

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but we're pretty cautious about expressing negativity here

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usually

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with strangers

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at least where I've lived

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maybe less so in like nyc or something

cursive magnet
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cursive magnet
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We might be assholes. feelsbadman

chilly jewel
cursive magnet
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I think it's pretty similar, let me check it out.

chilly jewel
cursive magnet
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Yeah, those are pretty similar, different sounds carry different semantic meaning, but overall, yes.

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I wouldn't say roh is a scoff (depends on how it's used really), but I'd say that what I've been talking is midway through both.

chilly jewel
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is the r in roh always unvoiced? i think i get better what sound we're talking about now

cursive magnet
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No, I think the more unvoiced, the less ironic it is.