Brazilian laughter on Facebook Thread poster: Amy Duncan (X)
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Amy Duncan (X) 
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Portuguese to English
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Just for fun:
I found these samples of Brazilian laughter on Facebook...what does cyberlaughter look like in your language?
huahauahuu
rsrsrsrsrrs
HUAEHUEAUHAUHAEUHEAUHEAUHA
hfausdfhasufhaufhas
AHSUEHUEHU
kkkkkkkkkkkkk
hihihihihihihihihi
ashuahauhauahuaha
ehehhhe
hauhauahu
auhauhauhauhauhaauhauhauhahua
aeiuhaiehaiuehaiuehaiuehaiuehaiuehiuaheiuaheiuaheiuhae
ioaehehiuaehiuaeheuaa
ieuhauiehaiuheae
huahusa
suhhhsasauh
hsaushaushaush
hdUIASHDASHUDIUASHIDIAUSHIUDHiaUSH
uhouiaehiaehieahui
ueahueaueahuaiheaeahea
euahauehaeuhea
| | | | Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
French to English
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not sure, but what a wide range of "sounds" in 'Brazilian'!
[Edited at 2011-08-05 23:14 GMT]
[Edited at 2011-08-05 23:15 GMT]
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Portuguese to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Sometimes I think they just pick a few keys and start typing away madly...preferably u, a, s and h! So strange...I actually copied this from Facebook exactlyas people wrote them.
| | | | Fernanda Rocha
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Member
English to Portuguese
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MODERATOR | It may be weird... | Aug 6, 2011 |
but it is not random.
These are different ways of expressing different kinds of laughter.
For example, an ordinary laugh would be like rsrsrsrsrs or kkkkkkkk or hehehehe or hihihihihi, while a more intense laugh would be huahauahuahu or any other similar to this one listed by Amy.
The hahahahahahaha is also very common. 
These cyberlaughs really express the way we laugh around here…
All the best,
Fernanda 
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Phil Hand
China
Local time: 01:04
Chinese to English
| There's a few in Chinese | Aug 6, 2011 |
嘻嘻嘻 (pronounced xi xi xi - similar to English "she") for a giggle
哈哈哈 (ha ha ha) for a laugh
呵呵呵 (he he he - similar to English her (non-rhotic)) for a laugh or sometimes for a snicker
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 19:04
Spanish to English
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Here in Spain it's usually limited to variations of "jeje...jeje" or "jajaja".
In English I'm afraid I just tend to use the dreaded lol or a smiley, as none of my friends are irritated by their use...
Although sometimes I use "arf arf", which is a reference to comic book or cartoon characters, like Muttley from Wacky Races.
[Edited at 2011-08-06 09:21 GMT]
| | | | | Finnish laughter | Nov 2, 2011 |
I refuse to use Facebook, but here are some examples for Finnish:
In addition to the normal haha and hehe, we use several other onomatopoetic ones, some even formed into verbs.
Actually many of our laugther sounds have a different tone/nuance.
hohoho - guffaw, roar with laughter; verb: hohottaa (to guffaw)
höhöhö - guffaw, often in a deep voice, usually in slightly more silly or stupid kind of a way than 'hohoho'; for example the cartoon character Goofy usually said: 'Höhöhöö' or similar when laughing.
hihihi - girly kind of giggling, snickering ; hihittää (to giggle)
hähähää - a definitely more mean, vicious, mocking or evil laughter
Variations: hehheh, heh heh, hahhah, hohhoh, hähhäh, etc. (double consonants).
| | | | Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Hebrew to English
| Hebrew laughter | Nov 2, 2011 |
Is usually either חחחחח or חאחאחא.
In English I usually use hahahaha, or for evil laugh "mwahahaha"
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Silvio Picinini
United States
Local time: 10:04
English to Portuguese
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| what a wonderful thread | Nov 13, 2011 |
OMG, this is great!
Muttley laughs! Evil laughs mwahwahwa!
Yes, some of the Brazilian laughs are the normal ones, while a big laugh is the ahuahuahua, although I have never quite heard exactly that sound.
Interesting is that rsrsrs is not about the sound of laughs, it is about the word for laugh (risos). It would be the equivalent of the English saying lglglglg, I guess.
Although I love the acronyms: LOL ROTF
Thanks
| | | | Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Portuguese to English
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TOPIC STARTER | French laughter | Nov 14, 2011 |
A friend just told me that although the French use "lol" they also use "MDR" - mort de rir!
| | | | Patricia Barthélémy (X)
Local time: 19:04
English to French
This is fun!
In French, I use :
- Héhéhé : for a "quiet" or subtle or teasing or mischievious (playful) laugh
- Gnac gnac gnac : would be a easing laugh
- Mouah ha ha ha : an evil laugh
- Hihihi : for a giggle or a general laugh, although I heard that it is ironic. The number of "hi" expresses the intensity of the laugh (hihi vs hihihiihihihihi)
- Hahaha : general laugh, but I use it to express irony or sarcasm ("haha" or "ha. ha. ha." are more ironic to me)
- Pouarf! : for a burst of laugh. "Pouarf arf arf arf" would be derisive.
MDR is indeed "Mort de rire" (literaly : dead of laughter)
| | | | Paula Borges
Brazil
Local time: 14:04
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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| Brazilian laughter | Nov 14, 2011 |
Lately I've been reading a lot of:
rsrsrsrsrsrsrs
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Joao Correia
Portugal
Local time: 18:04
English to Portuguese
Usually, in Portugal it's lol, lolada, lolão, rotflol, roflmao, ahahah, bahahahaha,... between younger people.
Older people go for the rsrsrsrsrs.
| | | | Patricia Barthélémy (X)
Local time: 19:04
English to French
| Another one in French : ptdr | Nov 23, 2011 |
I read another version of mdr in French : ptdr (pété de rire). I don't know what would be the English equivalent... Cracked up?
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