How does your language or region say wow? (lemmings.world)

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In the language I’m learning: Łał - polish

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[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 points 2 days ago

But that's just the polish, phonetic way of "wow". Like saying "uao" in norwegian. But considering that's a foreign word our equivalent would be more like "dæven", a soft variation of "Devil".

Basically "What the devil?!"

this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025

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