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“To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric” –Theodor Adorno

Laughter Depicted

I came across this on Wikipedia:

As expected for a common occurrence, laughter is frequently depicted in books and cartoons.

Language How written Nuance
German hahaha (normal)
hnhnhn

hmhmhm
chrchrchr

(giggle)
muhaha

ahehe
uhaha

(sardonic)
höhöhö (ironic)
Hungarian hahaha (classical; the length of it depends on how funny we find the thing we are laughing about)
ha… ha… ha… (sarcastic)
hehehe (can be a bit malevolent, especially if it is combined with raised eyebrows and a little smile)
hihihi (giggle)
ho-ho-ho-hóóó (a la Santa Claus)
kac-kac (ironic)
Indonesian huehehehe (cute way of laughter)
bwahahaha (more satisfied way of laughter)
Malaysian Kahkahkah  
Polish hehe (casual way of expressing laughter)
haha (more crude; can be ironic)
Russian ха-ха-ха! (hahaha)
хи-хи (heehee – giggle)
хе-хе (hehe, very mean laughter)
Serbian ahahaha (loud laughter)
he, he, he (can be a bit meanish)
hi, hi, hi (giggling)
ho, ho, ho (rare, Santa Claus laughter)
Spanish
(Venezuela)
ja ja ja (Usual laugh)
je je je (Mischievous little laughter)
ji ji ji (Giggle)
jo jo jo (San Nicolás -Santa Claus- laugh)
jú jú jú (In a high pitch) (mean laugh after a prank)
ujú ja ja ja ja ja jaaaaaa…
ñaca-ñaca
(Evil laugh)
Swedish haha (any plain laughter)
hehe (more hissing)
hihi (giggling)
hoho (Santa Claus style)
höhö (ironic)
moahaha (the evil one)
eheh (embarrassed)
Turkish hahaha (very typical laughter, it’s usually triple ‘ha’, not double)
hehehe (sound a bit more ‘polite’ than hahaha)
ha… ha… ha… (sarcastic)
hihihi (giggling)
ahahaha (got popular after a TV series character who used to laugh this way)
ehehehe (same as hehehe)
eki eki (used in comics, especially as the oldie way laughter)
keh keh/kah kah (sneaky-ish lughter)
muhaha (evil laughter)
nihaha (evil laughter)
puhaha (used if it’s too amusing)
uhaha (almost like puhaha)
zuhaha (almost like puhaha)

 

 

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