the old thread disappeared, and it was over 100 anyway, so here's a fresh one.

AHEM!...I will now start this off with a petty, pedantic little poke at people who ration the letter 'e' when they're noting amused laughter in print.

Thus: "hehehe" TSK! Are you giggling/chuckling or pointing out a line of men? If you are demonstrating laughter, it should be "heeheehee"!!

If you want the form usually denoting feminine giggling, would you type "tehe"?? WOULD YOU? Or would you type "teehee? HMMMM??? (or even "tee-hee" and "hee, hee, hee").

Perhaps, if u r 1 of those p-pul who abbrvts most wrds when u type, I can shrug...but here on Mudcat, we say it ALL! Don't we?

Thank you for your rapt attention!

Now, back to our regularly scheduled haranguing.