Funny Ha Ha! and Funny Peculiar!

Has anyone heard these expressions

Funny Ha Ha! and Funny Peculiar!

When something you say, sound a little bit 'funny'

The next question is: Funny Ha Ha! or Funny Peculiar!

Is what you have said - genuinely funny?

That is - likely to cause someone to laugh. The humour being intentional or unintentional.

Alternatively, is it 'funny' in a sense that it is not very nice.

'Funny' in this sense, means 'suspicious', or even 'offensive'.

As in: "There was a 'funny man' hanging around the school gates".

or: "Are you trying to be funny?"


Funny Ha Ha (2002) is the name of an American Film

New Statesman - Funny peculiar
29 Jan 2007 ... A new wave of disabled comedians is winning over mainstream audiences.

fun·ny pe·cu·liar


adjective
Definition:

strange: funny in a strange way, as distinct from funny in a humorous way.
See also funny ha-ha

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<< Alternatively, is it 'funny' in a sense that it is not very nice.
'Funny' in this sense, means 'suspicious', or even 'offensive'.
As in: "There was a 'funny man' hanging around the school gates". >>

I don't think I or anyone else would ever use 'funny' to describe someone who is 'suspicious' or 'offensive'. 'Funny' is too lighthearted a word to use for someone of questionable character. 'Funny' in the latter sense simply means 'odd' or 'quirky'.

If someone says to me, "You're funny." And I respond, "Funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?" What I'm really asking is "Are you complimenting me on my sense of humor or do you think I'm a dork?"

Here in Wisconsin if someone is acting abnormally, even if it's suspicious or offensive, most people I know would say that would be acting "funny." That's usually followed by, "Funny funny or funny strange/weird?"

The word "funny" is funny...

I'm familiar with the expression, too.

'Acting funny' sometimes has that meaning in the South too (also the expression 'there's something funny about him') .