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09-10-2005, 08:15 PM
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Wordsmith
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Hey, I use hehe! It sounds more like heh heh though.
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09-10-2005, 08:26 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I might use a "heh", but don't use "ha ha" or anything like it. I prefer to just describe the laughing and let the reader imagine it.
Michael
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09-11-2005, 06:17 AM
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Scribe
Join Date: Oct 2003
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I'd recommend trying to think laterally about trying to describe the laugh rather than looking for other, less common words for the same thing. Be specific but only if it is required. Ask yourself if it really matters how the person is laughing?
He laughed, without laughing...
Exactly.
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09-11-2005, 06:31 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
not necessarily... you can use chortle if you have to, but it doesn't do anything for me
is this turning into a sex thing?
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huh?... i didn't say a thing about sex  ... it was metta who mentioned 'sexier'...
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09-11-2005, 07:55 AM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
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[quote="mammamaia"]
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Originally Posted by mammamaia
not necessarily... you can use chortle if you have to, but it doesn't do anything for me
is this turning into a sex thing?
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huh?... i didn't say a thing about sex ... it was metta who mentioned 'sexier'...
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"Metta" isn't my name... it means "loving-kindness."
And the sexiness comes from watching too much Jamie Oliver.
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09-11-2005, 08:18 AM
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Wordsmith
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sorry... i had no way to know that, since it was appended as if it was your name... what language is it?
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09-11-2005, 04:50 PM
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Pali.
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Metta.
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09-11-2005, 04:58 PM
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Wordsmith
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ok... in what country/by what people is pali spoken?
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09-11-2005, 05:40 PM
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It was spoken in India. It's a Buddhist term.
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