What does BWA-HAHAHAHAHA! mean?

[nq:1]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup posting with a mixture of labial consonants & open vowels, ... well as b's & w's.) What sound, in the nonverbal world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
Baby crying. mwa-hahaha.
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[nq:1]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup posting with a mixture of labial consonants & open vowels, ... well as b's & w's.) What sound, in the nonverbal world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
I've always taken it to be "Diabolical and Maniacal Laugh by Evil Master with Nefarious Plan" probably accompanied by the twirl of a metaphori

On 06 Jan 2004 17:24:04 -0500, Joe Fineman (Email Removed) wrote, in part:
[nq:1]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup posting with a mixture of labial consonants & open vowels, ... well as b's & w's.) What sound, in the nonverbal world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
I've always read it as a laugh, of the evil-villain sort. ("Bwa

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[nq:2]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup ... world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've always read it as a laugh, of the evil-villain sort. ("Bwahahahaha! I will send more suicide bombers into densely populated areas

[nq:1]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup posting with a mixture of labial consonants & open vowels, ... well as b's & w's.) What sound, in the nonverbal world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
Fiendish laughter. You can hear examples used by Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies, and by Kang the ET monster on "The Simpsons".

[nq:2]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup ... world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
[nq:1]Baby crying. mwa-hahaha.[/nq]
I still can't see it. The "mwa" spelling seems as unlikely as the "bwa" one. Still, I've never heard a dog say "woof" or "bow-wow" either.

Rob Bannister

[nq:2]Baby crying. mwa-hahaha.[/nq]
[nq:1]I still can't see it. The "mwa" spelling seems as unlikely as the "bwa" one. Still, I've never heard a dog say "woof" or "bow-wow" either.[/nq]
"hahaha" is often used, especially in the north of England, as a sarcastic way of saying "boo hoo hoo" but used to ridicule people crying (esp. children). I know one man in the North of England who used to

[nq:1]Every once in a while, somebody responds to a newsgroup posting with a mixture of labial consonants & open vowels, ... well as b's & w's.) What sound, in the nonverbal world, are such strings intended to suggest? Sputtering? Vomiting? Crying?[/nq]
Much the same as ROTFLMAO, I should imagine.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

[nq:1]I still can't see it. The "mwa" spelling seems as unlikely as the "bwa" one. Still, I've never heard a dog say "woof" or "bow-wow" either.[/nq]
Little Orphan Annie's dog Sandy used to say "arf" (no relation to me) whereas in Pogo, some dogs used to say "Ralph".
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[nq:1]Little Orphan Annie's dog Sandy used to say "arf" (no relation to me) whereas in Pogo, some dogs used to say "Ralph".[/nq]
On the other hand, Finnish comic strip dogs say "how, how" which may indicate a curiousity more characteristic of cats.

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