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Re: origins of laughter



Tom Mueller wrote:

>        It developed in bibical times.  You see, when Eve wrongly accused
>Adam of philandering, he rigorously cleared his throat "ahaHAHUMM . . .
>haHUM" to give himself time to gather his thoughts.  Onomatopoetically,
this
>quickly developed into the sound we now know as laughter.  Curiouser, is
>that it is the female gender that's generally attributed with its initial
>usage, despite the fact that it clearly originated from a man.


Hey, it made me laugh!!

Tom Anderson

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