Laughter

[StrangeLife]

I always wanted to used more rare words like "Guffaw" and "Mirth" in a story, but somehow I never seem to be able to make them fit.


"She guffawed loudly with mirth when I nibbled her earlobes..."


Naah... wont work...

 

[BuckyDuckman]

My characters laugh, giggle, snort, and chuckle. They also roll their eyes, grin, smirk and smile. Say it. Say it simply and move on.

 

[asianToy]

My characters laugh, giggle, snort, and chuckle. They also roll their eyes, grin, smirk and smile. Say it. Say it simply and move on.

That's kind of the problem. Those words have no subtlety. Giggle sounds like what school girls do. How do you describe the slight sound of mirth that a lumberjack might make without the derision that can be implied by chuckle without saying giggle.

Perhaps my English is not good enough for this degree of subtle distinction.

 

[Stella_Omega]

That's kind of the problem. Those words have no subtlety. Giggle sounds like what school girls do. How do you describe the slight sound of mirth that a lumberjack might make without the derision that can be implied by chuckle without saying giggle.

Perhaps my English is not good enough for this degree of subtle distinction.

Chortle?

Or, you can use more words; "Jane had never thought that a Lumberjack could giggle-- but Jason was indisputably giggling, in a rumbling undertone."