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Re: Laughter Poll
Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 24.79.11.42
Date: Friday, March 1, 2002, at 23:14:43
In Reply To: Re: Laughter Poll posted by ria on Friday, March 1, 2002, at 21:30:29:

> > I think I always confuse a snicker with a chuckle, but not exactly. In any case, I think a snicker is more like a chuckle, and not through closed teeth at all.
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> > Don "Contentious" Monkey
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> A chuckle and a snicker aren't anything alike in my mind. A chuckle is more like a low, appreciative laugh, while a snicker is a sort of sarcastic mockery of the subject that is being laughed at.
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> ri "Wow, even a laugh can be interpreted many different ways" a

Oh, I agree on the usage of the two. I just think they sound kind of the same. In my mind, it is facial expression that tells you which one is being used.

Don "I don't know why I have so much to say on this subject" Monkey

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