Language of Laughter

Does laughter have a language? For that matter, do the exercises we come for every morning in the Garden have to be conducted in English? What happens if they are done in Hindi (or in any other language?)
According to Srichand Arora, Englishmen never had any sense of humour, let alone know how to laugh. And so, to make his point, he started calling out from the middle, "Bayein", "Dayein", "Beech Mein" for "Left", "Right", "Centre" respectively (never mind, Sunita Jajodia heard that as Juhu Beach Mein!) followed by “Oopar”, “Neechey”… “Bayein Oopar”, “Bayein Neechey”, “Daayein Oopar” and so on, ending with “Vishraam” (for "And Relax") at every stage.
So far so good. But what do you say for “position” (as in “Get back to your position”)? “Sthiti”, Ved Prakash Grover proffered. “Awastha” countered Santosh Tyagi. Arora is stumped. He lets that pass, while everybody is in splits. (He cannot shout for "Silence" because he obviously does not know how it is said in Hindi.) And what do you say to Butterfly? Here, Arora comes up with a gem: “Udhta Hua Makhkhan!” But again, is there a Hindi for “Stretching”? Or “Balancing”? Arora is foxed every time. Nobody can help him as nobody is thinking now. We are all laughing our guts out, faces red, eyes streaming. And so he lets that pass as well.
He reverts to saying what he knows best (Oopar-Neechey, Bayein-Dayein), conveniently skirting around tricky expressions like free-style swimming, clockwise, anti-clockwise only to get his knickers in a twist once again on “Haath le jaiye naak ke level tak!” Now, what do you say for “level” in Hindi? Breaking breath and spluttering in laughter, he joins everybody in the all-consuming madness.
Finally, came the clincher: “Ho-Ho, Ha-Ha”! How do you say that in Hindi?
This time, Pratap Bhatt was helpful. “Khao-Khao, Phapra-Phapra,” he said, clapping his hands in child-like glee. “Khao-Khao, Phapra-Phapra, Khao-Khao, Phapra-Phapra”!
Yes, laughter has a language. You’d know it once you exercise with us in Hindi.

Renu Babani says:
It has been said that true communication amongst friends has no language. It is true because somehow there is an understanding between each other without even saying anything and even when trying to communicate, despite the wrong words, it is understood. I can only imagine the exercise this morning being attempted in Hindi. I was feeling under the weather this morning, so didn't attend. Well, my Hindi would have improved for sure. Hoping to attend tomorrow and maybe will learn new words.
--Renu