In a recent episode of Bill Burr's podcast, he said this about the way Spanish speakers write the sound of laughter.

You know, like you ever see, like when Latino people laugh at a video, they write J-A, J-A, J-A, J-A, J-A, J-A, J-A-J-O.

What the fuck is J-J-J-J-J-J-No.

No, it's ha, Jose.

Old freckles, you're right. That's a common confusion by English speakers.

And more on that on this episode of speaking Spanish for beginners.

K'etal, me, Marco, your Latino Spanish teacher from Latin L.

In this episode, we'll explore how to write the son of laughter in Spanish.

We'll look at three specific ways, all using J instead of age.

And we'll see what each of these forms represents.

This is perfect for chatting with your amigos

and having fun in your text messages,

spelling the way we laugh correctly in Spanish.

Are you ready for this?

Sir, yes, sir!

In English, on social media or in text messages, when someone laughs, they write

ha ha ha with H and a, H, a.

H, a.

But in Spanish social media or text messages, you'll see your amigos writing it with J.

And in case you don't know, it's called Jota in Spanish.

Spell J-O-T-A, J-O-T-A, J-A.

So J is J-A.

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