#idk. fascinating. i think that its just now become a word kerch folk tack onto the end of their sentences

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i cant quite explain it and this is such a trivial headcanon but the way they use ja in soc seems like ja is an older kerch word that's lost its meaning (because otherwise it wouldn't be italicized and othered, because majority of the characters are speaking the kerch that we read as english) and while jesper doesn't do that, he mimics the habit by adding 'yeah?' to the end of sentences

#does that make ANY SENSE . i cant fucking figure out how to word things #it makes sense in my head but #i love language but choosing ja as one of the few words that isn't just written as 'yes?' and instead #drawn attention to #in its untranslated form #idk. fascinating. i think that its just now become a word kerch folk tack onto the end of their sentences #instead of using it to actually mean 'yes' #or it might be about the inflection of the voice actually? bc i think both times 'ja' was used #it was used in a question form #idk. BGHWBHTGDFH im rambling