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When restricting ourselves to the English phoneme repertoire, this leaves us with fff, hhh, sss, shh and thh (IPA: f, h, s, ʃ, θ). Of these, hhh is confusable with abnormal breathing and (in my personal opinion) fff, sss and thh stand out more against ambient sound than shh, which is acustically similar to white noise.
etymology - What is the origin of "shh"? - English Language & Usage ...
Shh is a word. According to Merriam-Webster, a word is: a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use. M-W further says: any segment of written or printed discourse ordinarily appearing between spaces or between a space and a punctuation mark Shh satisfies both definitions of a ...
interjections - Is "shh" a word and why? - English Language & Usage ...
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The first term that came to my mind was shh sign, but that won't be any less subject to interpretation than hush sign, shush sign, or be-quiet sign. I've seen the gesture you descibed used in an attempt to halt a conversation, or to exhort the participants to speak more quietly, but not necessarily shut up.
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