I beg your pardon?

Linguistic habits are INDEED hard to break. Something I'm not used to saying esp. because I'm Malaysian/Asian is 'I beg your pardon'.

I'm too used to saying 'HUH' that everytime AFTER saying it, I feel STUPID because it isn't exactly polite esp. if you're communicating with the exchange students - somehow their 'PARDON?' comes in automatically and conveniently.

And having parents that are POWERHOUSE(S), it's natural that they remind you "Eh, you cannot say 'HUH', you know?" Yet, ironically, because we're Malaysians, it's so DIFFICULT to do away with the habit.

I must practise saying MORE of PARDON. Now when I think about it, I better. Seriously, saying 'HUH' too many times to your supervisor from the UK isn't very nice.