If ppl writing would grasp the fact that hihihi isn't laughing, heeheehee is. The first is just saying Hi repeatedly, and they don't even sound the same, much less like a laugh. It's not even a common fuckup. Only ever see hihihi in porn games. I've seen it used anywhere else exactly NEVER. In my hundreds of books, or online reading of anything.
Saying Hi repeatedly is not laughing.
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What about "hehehe"? Is that a laugh or is it just saying he repeatedly?
Regardless, maybe retake a 5th grade English class? Any form of laughter is just a form of onomatopoeia. Which is literally making sounds instead of describing them. Thing "Glug Glug" or "Thwip". They are just sounds, not actual words. As long as they DO make the correct sound, it's 100% apart of acceptable English writing.
Seriously. This is like getting annoyed when people send "lol" in text even though you know damn well they didn't laugh.
Regardless, maybe retake a 5th grade English class? Any form of laughter is just a form of onomatopoeia. Which is literally making sounds instead of describing them. Thing "Glug Glug" or "Thwip". They are just sounds, not actual words. As long as they DO make the correct sound, it's 100% apart of acceptable English writing.
Seriously. This is like getting annoyed when people send "lol" in text even though you know damn well they didn't laugh.
Everyone knows the only acceptable way to convey laughter in text is with "huehuehuehue". And by everyone, I mean Brazilians.
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I thought "heeheehee" was an MJ thing. 
My guess is that the devs who put all the "hihihi"s you're seeing in their games don't have English as their first language. That's a normal way to write that sound down in most languages with the Latin alphabet, "heeheehee" would be strange in those languages. And then they take that habit to English.
My guess is that the devs who put all the "hihihi"s you're seeing in their games don't have English as their first language. That's a normal way to write that sound down in most languages with the Latin alphabet, "heeheehee" would be strange in those languages. And then they take that habit to English.
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Even English has the short I in "it", "hit" and so on, if you read it that way it's still unusual but somewhat reasonable. And "heyeheyeheyeheye" might (very rarely) be appropriate for childish/cartoonish giggling or a legit motor mouth character saying "hi!" four times in a row.I thought "heeheehee" was an MJ thing.
My guess is that the devs who put all the "hihihi"s you're seeing in their games don't have English as their first language. That's a normal way to write that sound down in most languages with the Latin alphabet, "heeheehee" would be strange in those languages. And then they take that habit to English.
Plus it's still obvious what the writer intended. I'm much more worried about semi-illiterate writers (including alleged native speakers...) winging it with homophones which completely butcher the reading flow of the sentence. And "could of <anything other than 'course'>" should just be wired to an auto-slapper next to their face.
Well I didn't expect to log on and find a thread bitching about how some people choose to spell the sound of laughter, but here we are...