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by zastavka 3913 days ago
> calibrated to the phonetic system of its language

The funny thing about that, though, is that English "huh" has a phonetic feature that's almost nonexistent in the language otherwise: a nasal vowel not followed by a nasal consonant.

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>a nasal vowel not followed by a nasal consonant

Maybe depends on where in the English speaking world? I'm thinking of Scotland, Ireland, Australia, etc.