But "huh" is... I dunno. More subdued and less emphatic. There is a contemplative quality to the puzzlement. It's a super-useful term! Almost as useful as "eh", which I use all the time. Next, you're gonna tell me Brits don't use "eh" either!
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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Vonnie K - Jul 13, 2011 11:53:37 am PDT #7106 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2011 11:55:20 am PDT #7107 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I actually did switch out "Huh." for "Blimey," but I really really don't like it. Gonna have to think on that.
It's also got to be chronologically-appropriate, as we're talking about English schoolkids in 1939. Argh.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 11:56:50 am PDT #7108 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Wot?" doesn't have to be emphatic. But, more seriously, I think I'd probably have said "What?" or "What's that?" when I was at my most British, rather than "Huh?"
Not that I've ever thought about it beforehand. I would be the worst Ameri or Britpicker EVER. I could Jampick, though. Kinda.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 11:58:25 am PDT #7109 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I actually did switch out "Huh." for "Blimey,"
Are they Cockney? Did your beta suggest that? That does make me remember "Cor!" which I might have said out of surprise, but not questioning.
Calli - Jul 13, 2011 11:58:49 am PDT #7110 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maybe, "Hmmm"?
Vonnie K - Jul 13, 2011 12:01:03 pm PDT #7111 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's also got to be chronologically-appropriate, as we're talking about English schoolkids in 1939.
Oh, right. This is Narnia. I'm, like, the only person around who's never read a single Narnia book. I think I might have watched an animated version of the first book that was made back in the 1970's when I was wee (dubbed, of course.) It's like that time when I didn't know what the hell "Where the Wild Things Were" was and had people look at me askance.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 12:02:34 pm PDT #7112 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie, I know you're not a born American, but that's no excuse for being heathen! OMGlolol!
Vonnie K - Jul 13, 2011 12:06:21 pm PDT #7113 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
t sticks out tongue at ita
Now, Anne of Green Gables? We were ALL OVER that. And A Dog of Flanders, which I was surprised to hear was not that very popular here (it IS an awful downer.)
And don't even talk to me about Sesame Street. I still don't know what Bert and Ernie look like.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2011 12:07:12 pm PDT #7114 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Like this, is all you need to know.
Vonnie K - Jul 13, 2011 12:15:36 pm PDT #7115 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Hahaha. Erm, which one is Bert and which one's Ernie again? It's like that time when mely from LJ said she couldn't remember the names of McKay and Sheppard from SGA, so she thought of them as Bert and Ernie, and I couldn't figure out which one was which. The only muppets I recognize are Kermit and Miss Piggy.
... and Rygel and the Pilot, of course.