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The reason I asked if it was comical: (Should have put this in my OP, I guess) My husband had a friend whose name was Peter nn Pete. I don't remember exactly how, but I found out that his middle initial was C. So I asked him, "Pete, what's your middle name?" He said, "No, I'm not going to tell you. You're going to laugh."

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"Why would I laugh? Tell me. I promise I won't laugh."

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"No, you're going to laugh."

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"No, I won't! Tell me! I won't laugh!"

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"No."

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"Come on! You're being ridiculous! I won't laugh! I PROMISE I won't laugh!"

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"Oh, okay. Carmine."

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And I laughed. And I had really meant not to.

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So for him to react that way, he must have encountered laughter often previously, I would think.