And "telephone" comes from roots meaning "sound at a distance" or "far away soun...

tsimionescu on Oct 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Replace the “very” in your sentence

And "telephone" comes from roots meaning "sound at a distance" or "far away sound". That doesn't make it right to say you heard the "telephone of laughter" when you meant to say the "distant sound of laughter" .