I didn’t know that 2 words could convey so much! Here are the only two words that an 18 year old male uses with his family:
1. Meh
2. Grunt
Hmmm. Maybe the second one isn’t really a word. It’s just a sound and can vary a bit depending on time of day. Cool, a 1 word vocabulary! Wait…. is “meh” a word?
I’ve seen the grunt used to convey:
Good morning.
Hi, how was your trip?
I don’t like pork chops.
I’m feeling fine, thanks for asking.
Reid thinks it’s a binary language
meh=1
grunt=0
Just to keep things interesting, grunt (or 0) does not always mean No. Depends on the context.
What’s your theory?
“grunt” is of course Japanese, and in the mouths of young males can convey all the information required to sustain life. You must be proud to have a multilingual son!
This is no joke, by the way, “un” & “uun” are in every Japanese dictionary! However, I must point out that when a Japanese woman uses the word, it sounds more like “Hmmm” to me. Japanese males like to say it the “uh” way.