I find it strange when people describe their laughter as animal noises

popcorn · March 20, 2019, 01:31:39 AM

Quotehad me howling

Quotemade me roar

I find it strange and a bit threatening.

Shoulders?-Stomach! · March 20, 2019, 06:35:03 AM

Quotehissed myself

Yeah

ToneLa · March 20, 2019, 08:18:48 AM

Coo!

bgmnts · March 20, 2019, 11:31:19 AM

Cackling. What animal cackles?

Jerzy Bondov · March 20, 2019, 11:53:59 AM

This thread has me positively mooing with laughter

jobotic · March 20, 2019, 11:58:50 AM

I'm quacking up here.

I am Gyles Brandreth. Problem?

Chollis · March 20, 2019, 12:25:21 PM

Laughed like "a drain". What's that all about then?

pancreas · March 20, 2019, 12:42:23 PM

Quote from: bgmnts on March 20, 2019, 11:31:19 AM
Cackling. What animal cackles?

hen

Ferris · March 22, 2019, 03:23:40 AM

Quote from: bgmnts on March 20, 2019, 11:31:19 AM
Cackling. What animal cackles?

human

NoSleep · March 22, 2019, 06:04:13 AM

Quote from: popcorn on March 20, 2019, 01:31:39 AM
I find it strange and a bit threatening.

And yet it's one the nearest things we have to an animal call. Very likely predates language as a hominid form of expression.