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"Say again" is common among frequent users of radio communication (aviation, military, etc.) because " huh" and "what," etc. can be ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. sayagain,saythatagain,sayitagain Threadstarter halmom Startdate Oct1,2015 H halmom SeniorMember korean Dothethefollowingexpressionssoundthesamewhenyouwantsomeonetorepeatwhathe/shesaid? A.Turnoffthetv. B.sayagain/sayitagain/saythatagain.   owlman5 SeniorMember Colorado English-US "Sayagain"istooshort,halmom."Sayitagain"or"saythatagain"arefine.Theymeanthesamething.   entangledbank SeniorMember London English-South-EastEngland Somepeoplesay'sayagain'.Ithinkit'sSeaspeak,thestandardizedformofsimpleEnglishusedinshipping.Itsoundsoddtome,andevenratherrude,butyoudohearit.   DaleTexas SeniorMember ElPaso,TX(raisedPA,exNewYorker) EnglishUSA entangledbanksaid: Somepeoplesay'sayagain'.Ithinkit'sSeaspeak,thestandardizedformofsimpleEnglishusedinshipping.Itsoundsoddtome,andevenratherrude,butyoudohearit. Clicktoexpand... Yes,youdohearitsometimes.Ialsoassociateitsomewhatwithelderlyand/orhard-of-hearingpeople,inwhichcasesitmightnotbeperceivedasrude.   sdgraham SeniorMember Oregon,USA USAEnglish entangledbanksaid: Somepeoplesay'sayagain'.Ithinkit'sSeaspeak,thestandardizedformofsimpleEnglishusedinshipping.Itsoundsoddtome,andevenratherrude,butyoudohearit. Clicktoexpand... "Sayagain"iscommonamongfrequentusersofradiocommunication(aviation,military,etc.)because"huh"and"what,"etc.canbemisunderstoodorlostinthenoise.(Thesamereason"niner"isusedinsteadofjust"nine.") Assuch,it'sstuckwithmelothesemanyyears.   Cenzontle SeniorMember English,U.S. Ihear,andIsometimessay"Sayagain"toaskforarepetition.Iconsideritinformal,butnotrude. Infactitseemsslightlylessrudethan"What?"and"Huh?" Boththatand"Saythatagain"canbesaid,witharising(questioning)intonation,tomean"Ididn'thearyou;pleaserepeat." But"Sayitagain"—withfalling(imperative)intonation—means"Thatissotruethatitdeservestoberepeated!"   RM1(SS) SeniorMember Connecticut English-US(Midwest) sdgrahamsaid: "Sayagain"iscommonamongfrequentusersofradiocommunication(aviation,military,etc.)because"huh"and"what,"etc.canbemisunderstoodorlostinthenoise.(Thesamereason"niner"isusedinsteadofjust"nine.") Assuch,it'sstuckwithmelothesemanyyears. Clicktoexpand... Samehere.IntheUSNavy,"sayagain"istheonlycorrectwaytoaskforarepeatwhenonthephone.   Langton'sAunt SeniorMember Halifax,Yorkshire,UK BritishEnglish Isay"sayagain"inpreferenceto"pardon"or"eh"or"what"or"sorry".Imightsay"youwhat?"tofriends. Butnot"saythatagain"or"sayitagain"-theyseemveryabrupt."Couldyousaythat/itagain,please"soundsthemostpolite.   SparkyMalarky Moderator Indiana English-US A:TurnofftheTV. B:You'llhavetospeakup.Ican'thearyouovertheTV!   A ain'ttranslationfun? SeniorMember USEnglish LikeLangton's,I'djustsay"Sorry?"or"Comeagain?"(whichhasothermeaningsinothercontexts). Addendum:Anotherpossibilityis"Begpardon?"("Ibegyourpardon./!"ismoreforcefulandcanindicatethatyou'reupsetbysomeone'sremarks,justas(seeabove)"Saythatagain./!"isachallengetosomeonetorepeattheirwordswhenyou'vetakeoffenseatsomethingthey'vesaid.)   Lastedited:Oct2,2015 RM1(SS) SeniorMember Connecticut English-US(Midwest) Langton'sAuntsaid: Imightsay"youwhat?"tofriends. Clicktoexpand... Forty-oddyearsagoitwas"yourwhathurts?"   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top