Really? I thought it was spelled hmph.
Why can't you just say:
He grunted. "Who do you think you're fooling?"
or perhaps
He grunted derisively. "Who do you think you're fooling?"
Really? I thought it was spelled hmph.
Out in the Southwest we call them patios, and they are not raised up off the ground. And all the restaurants I go to where they have outside seating call the outside seating area the patio. It could be a regional thing.