Wednesday, April 19, 2006
g for guffaw
As several people have mentioned, the alphabet thing is much harder than one might imagine, probably because of the audience. I could rattle off many ideas and objects for each letter, and be perfectly happy with all of them. Until the daunting moment of writing about it and knowing that there might just happen to be a reader that day who would think I was an utter fool for using *that* instead of *that*.
Which leads me to guffaw, a word I enjoy for its sound as well as its meaning and, of course, for doing it. The dictionary defines a guffaw as a loud or boisterous burst of laughter. I associate guffaws with black and white comedies, for some reason, which adds to their charm for me. And with puns and really dumb (a/k/a silly) jokes (like this: knock, knock; who's there?; doctor; . . . you got it!). I wish you at least one big guffaw today.
Which leads me to guffaw, a word I enjoy for its sound as well as its meaning and, of course, for doing it. The dictionary defines a guffaw as a loud or boisterous burst of laughter. I associate guffaws with black and white comedies, for some reason, which adds to their charm for me. And with puns and really dumb (a/k/a silly) jokes (like this: knock, knock; who's there?; doctor; . . . you got it!). I wish you at least one big guffaw today.
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