Talk:laugh
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[edit]some derived terms: difficult to tell if they are derived from nouns or verbs--Mat200 02:53, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
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"(UK) A fun person." This seems to be part of the same sense as "Something that provokes mirth or scorn." --Yair rand 09:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Really? Saying 'paintball is a laugh' and 'your brother is a laugh', that's the same sense of laugh? To me they are separate. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:41, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- To me, if they're different, it's because one is fun and the other is funny. We may need two senses, but split along fun/funny rather than along person/thing. But I'm American: perhaps this is a pondian thing?—msh210℠ (talk) 00:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- They're instinctively different to me. It's what I call my 'native speaker instinct'. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:40, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
- To me, if they're different, it's because one is fun and the other is funny. We may need two senses, but split along fun/funny rather than along person/thing. But I'm American: perhaps this is a pondian thing?—msh210℠ (talk) 00:19, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
- Keep, I agree with Mglovesfun (talk • contribs). One is something fun or funny, the other is a person who is comedic in nature or fun to be around. -- Cirt (talk) 01:36, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
- Kept. — Ungoliant (Falai) 22:15, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
Obsolete inflected forms
[edit]Some discussions which explain why obsolete inflected forms are mentioned in usage notes rather than on the headword line are Wiktionary:Beer_parlour/2013/July#Inconsistent_mention_of_inflected_forms and Wiktionary:Tea_room/2019/December#reach/raught/rought. - -sche (discuss) 08:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)