Talk:mm-mm

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mm-mm

no DTLHS (talk) 17:29, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

I think "nn-nn" was probably meant, but that is generally used in speech (although the mouth isn't usually open when it is being uttered). How attestable even is this? Tharthan (talk)

Looking at eg. google books:"mm-mm it's", I can find a few uses where it means "mmm" (yum) and a few where it might be an expression of "no" or "yes" but it's not always obvious which, e.g. here. - -sche (discuss) 21:14, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

In the dialogue from the Task Listening Teacher's Book it is clearly the same as mm-hmm. Fiona is letting Jackie know that she is still with her; it means the same as “yes, go on”.  --Lambiam 01:32, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Like I said, though, [ˈ(ʔ)m̩.ʔm̩] and [ˈ(ʔ)n̩.ʔn̩] can be in free variation to some extent. Whether "nn-nn" (which is common at least where I live, although I was under the impression that it was quite common, especially in North America) is written as "nn-nn" or "mm-mm" seems arbitrary (because it usually isn't written at all, for obvious reasons). Tharthan (talk) 03:06, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 04:37, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)