[Lexicog] words for different kinds of laughter

[Mike Sangrey]

On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 11:16 +0000, John Roberts wrote:
> They say humour is one of the hardest things to translate ...

It's the second hardest.  The first is political speech[1].

<chuckle>

I bet THAT little bit of humor (or not) translates well in ANY language
(given some leeway with the term 'political').

<smile>
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[1] Nida asked UN translators the question of what is the most difficult
to translate. They were nearly unanimous in their answer.

-- 
Mike Sangrey                               (msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org)
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Landisburg, Pa.
                        "The first one last wins."
            "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."



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