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OO REFERENCE DESK
The International "WHAT?" List
 Updated February 18, 2002

Compiled by Rick Scaia
Exclusive to OnlineOnslaught.com

 
Steve Austin's constant insertion of "What?" into his promos during the Fall of 2001 has blossomed into wrestling's most abused catchphrase.  Fans aren't just chanting it when Austin's around, they're shouting it whenever ANY superstar pauses for breath during a promo.  

It can be fun when fans are playing along with Austin, but the over-use of the chant at other times can be trying.  In an attempt to help keep the catchphrase fresh, OO began compiling international and foreign language variations of "What?" starting on February 11.  Before you stands the current listing.

If you have any additions or corrections, please send them to me, and I'll update this document accordingly!  And, of course, thanks to the readers who already helped out with some of these submissions!

 

LANGUAGE

 "WHAT?"

PRONUNCIATION
Arabic "Shoo?" shew
Chinese (Mandarin) "Shen ma?" shem-muh
Dutch/Flemish "Wat?" whut
English (Canada) "Eh?" ay
English (England) "Pardon?" par-dun
Finnish "Mita?" meet-uh
French "Quoi?" kwa
French (Quebec) "Hein?" hain
German "Was?" vas
Hebrew "Ma?" ma
Hindi/Urdu "Kya?" ???
Italian "Che?" keh
Japanese "Nani?" nah-nee
Kannada "Inta?" ???
Klingon "nuQ?" nook
Latin "Quid?" kwid
Malay "Apa?" ah-pah
Mayan (Q'eqchi') "K'aru?" ???
Russian "Shto?" shto
Spanish "Que?" kay
Swahili "Kee?" key
Swedish "Vad?" vahd
Vietnamese "Cai gi?" kee-yee

LANGUAGE

 "WHAT?"

PRONUNCIATION
Afrikaans "Watter?" ???
Albanian "çfarë?" ???
Bengali "Ki?" key
Cheyanne "Henova'e?" ???
Czech "Proc?" ???
Gaelic "Cia?" key-uh
Filipino (Tagalog) "Ano?" ah-no
Farsi (Iran) "Cheii?" chee
Greek "ôé?" ???
Hawaiian "He aha?" hey ah-ha
Hungarian "Mit?" ???
Polish "Co?" or "Tso?" ???
Portuguese "Que?" kay
Romanian "Ce?" ???
Serbian "Kakav?" ???
Slovak "Aký?" ???
Welsh "Beth?" beth
Korean "Mweo?" mwuh
Serbo-Croatian "Sta?" shtah
Norwegian "Hva?" va
Morse Code .-- / .... / .- / - lots of beeps
Pig Latin "Atwhay?" uht-way
Gujarati "Su?" ???
Turkish (also Azeri) "Ne?" nay
Uzbek "Nima?" nih-mah

 


 
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