Найди преподавателей языка: английский
Viola
Muahahaha or mehahaha?
Hi all, for the evil laugh, how's the written form supposed to be? Is it muahahaha or mehahaha? Or others.
Thanks for reading and I'd be glad to hear your opinions. Cheers!
13 мар. 2020 г., 16:28
Ответы · 5
It's not a real word. It's just a kind of joke or convention. On stage and in the movies, actors playing evil villains laugh in a wildly exaggerated, mocking way. These are attempts to represent the sound of the laugh phonetically. There isn't really any correct spelling.
Personally, I happen to spell this as "Bwa-ha-ha!" but "Mwa-ha-ha!" is possible. The evil villain takes in a big breath of air in order to make a loud laugh. As his lips open, it makes a sound like the consonant "b" or "m." "U" and "w" are very similar, so "Mua-ha-ha" is possible. "Me-ha-ha" seems wrong to me, but someone might have used it. I separate the syllables with hyphens, partly because I think of the syllables as being widely separated, but they don't have to be.
The only valid general rule in English is "check a dictionary." In this case, none of these are in dictionaries. They aren't real words. Spell them however you have seen them spelled.
Other kinds of laughs are sometimes shown by spellings like "tee-hee" (for a small-half-suppressed giggle), "ho ho," "ha ha," and so on. Spelling, punctuation, and numbers of repetitions vary. "Ho ho ho!" "Hah hah!" "Tee hee hee," and so on.
13 марта 2020 г.
Hi, Jacob and Nanren888, thank you for your opinions. I really appreciate it. :))
14 марта 2020 г.
It's not really a word but out of the two options given it would be "muahahaha"
14 марта 2020 г.
Pronunciation of non-words will vary significantly with language background and accent. Very unlikely to get the result you want without knowing the audience. The contrast in even just American accents from different areas is significant without considering international differences.
13 марта 2020 г.
Все еще не нашли ответы?
Напишите свои вопросы, и пусть вам помогут носители языка!
Viola
Языковые навыки
китайский (путунхуа), английский
Изучаемый язык
английский
Статьи, которые тебе могут быть интересны

The Power of Storytelling in Business Communication
40 нравится · 9 Комментариев

Back-to-School English: 15 Must-Know Phrases for the Classroom
28 нравится · 6 Комментариев

Ten Tourist towns in Portugal that nobody remembers
57 нравится · 23 Комментариев
Еще статьи