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Jisu98 Posted 18 years ago
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funny bones?
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00 When I was reading my text book, I could not get the idea of 'funny bones'. Help me please. 02 br
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00 We laugh for lots of different reasons. laughter is part of every human culture. Like language, it's a basic part of being human. Unlike language, however, laughter does not have to be learned. Babies firs laugh when they are as young as three to four months old. 02 br
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00 It will be fun to find out what tickles our 01 font 00 funny bones 02 font 00 and why laughter may really be the best medicine. 02 br
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00 My question is 02 br
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00 --- Do people have any bones affects or effects laughter? 02 br
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00 -- Is that any kind of idiomatic expression? 02 br
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00 When I was reading my text book, I could not get the idea of 'funny bones'. Help me please. 02 br
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00 We laugh for lots of different reasons. laughter is part of every human culture. Like language, it's a basic part of being human. Unlike language, however, laughter does not have to be learned. Babies firs laugh when they are as young as three to four months old. 02 br
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00 It will be fun to find out what tickles our 01 font 00 funny bones 02 font 00 and why laughter may really be the best medicine. 02 br
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00 My question is 02 br
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0 This is an idiomatic expression. See, in Latin the name for a bone in your elbow is called the humerus. The English word "humorous" (which means funny) sounds very similar to the name of that bone.
- 0 This is an idiomatic expression.
- See, in Latin the name for a bone in your elbow is called the humerus.
- The English word "humorous" (which means funny) sounds very similar to the name of that bone.
- So English speakers have done a play on words there and named the humerus the funny bone.
- Don't take it literally.
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0 This is an idiomatic expression. See, in Latin the name for a bone in your elbow is called the humerus. The English word "humorous" (which means funny) sounds very similar to the name of that bone. So English speakers have done a play on words there and named the humerus the funny bone. Don't take it literally. 05 0 010id 1
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0 We don't have bones that make us laugh. It's just an expresion to indicate something that we find funny. 02 br
00 Oddly enough, we do have a nerve in the elbow that we refer to as a "funny bone", but it doesn't make us laugh. When we hit it the wrong way it is somewhat painful. 0-
00 Oddly enough, we do have a nerve in the elbow that we refer to as a "funny bone", but it doesn't make us laugh. When we hit it the wrong way it is somewhat painful. 0-
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