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<DIV>There is the Buddest point of view, Why laught it is just a waste of time. and there is you only have to stop. <BR></DIV> <DIV>rome got so full of acronyms, they began to understand latin. or not.</DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>Hayim Sheynin <hsheynin19444@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"><!-- Network content --> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div>I think this old joke was created in Stalin labor camps (GULAG). At least I heard it in Leningrad after release of the inmates in the 50s after the death of
Stalin.<BR><BR>Hayim Sheynin<BR><BR><B><I>Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@<WBR>sil.org></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><!-- Network content --> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV><!-- Network content --></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">John,<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O> </O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Good analysis!<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O> </O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I hope one day we don’t have to communicate with acronyms like:<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BWL = bursting with laughter<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">FOFL = falling on the floor laughing<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LMSO = laughing my socks off<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LOL = laugh out loud <O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LSHTTARDML = laughing so hard that tears are
running down my leg<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O> </O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">That reminds me of a joke: <O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A new prisoner joins the group of other prisoners who sit in a circle in the evening and obviously have a good time.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">One of them shouts “12”, everybody laughs. Another shouts, all men guffaw. One shouts 112, they all slap their thighs.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The new prisoner wonders what is happening and asks his neighbor in the circle why they all laugh when someone calls out a number.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The other guy says: “We are telling jokes and have given a number to each joke. As we have already heard all of these jokes, it is enough just to call out the number.” The new prisoner thinks “That is easy, I can do that myself.” So he shouts “71.” Noone laughs.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">So he turns to his neighbour asking “Why does noone laugh?” His neighbour answers: “one has to know how to tell jokes.”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O> </O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I wonder what kind of “laughter” (smile) this provokes with you. I hope I havn’t spoilt the joke by the way I told it.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O> </O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fritz<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg> <DIV id=ygrp-msg> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fritz,<BR><BR>I would say the English vocabulary describing laughing has about 2 or 3 <BR>levels of intensity with 'laugh' itself describing the 'norm':<BR><BR>Describing a restrained laugh: chortle,
chuckle, crease up, giggle, <BR>snicker, snigger, titter,<BR>Norm: laugh, bubble/cackle with laughter<BR>Describing an unrestrained laugh: guffaw, <BR>hoot/howl/roar/<WBR>scream/shake/<WBR>shriek/snort with laughter<BR>Completely uncontrolled laughter: fall about/ split one's sides/ have <BR>hysterics/ piss oneself laughing.<BR><BR>The pattern seems to be the more unrestrained the laughing, the more <BR>unrestrained the descriptive vocabulary. :-) I think the terms 'giggle' <BR>and 'titter' would typically have female agents and 'guffaw' would <BR>typically have a male agent, but I don't think the other expressions <BR>have this restriction.<BR><BR>John Roberts<BR><BR>-- <BR>************<WBR>********<BR>John R Roberts<BR>SIL International Linguistics Consultant<BR><A href="mailto:dr_john_roberts%40sil.org">dr_john_roberts@<WBR>sil.org</A><BR>************<WBR>********<O></O></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT color=white face="Times New Roman"
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