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Topic Options #143943 - 06/13/05 06:49 PM Engdu maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 The double adjective: This is the double use of an adjective to emphasise the point. Such as : "The black black man had thin thin arms." I think this is an Urdu device which translates into English. http://uberhomme.blogspot.com/2005/06/engdu.html (thanks to languagelog) Top #143944 - 06/13/05 07:37 PM Re: Engdu sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui Interesting. There was nothing on that page that I could not understand, with only my rudimentary grasp of Hindi. It does show that at the everyday level, "hindustani" is alive and well. If you come across any links that highlight differences between the various vflavours of desi English, do let me know, mav-ji! _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Top #143945 - 06/13/05 09:47 PM Re: Engdu Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont you reading the Hat, too, mav? Top #143946 - 06/14/05 07:18 AM Re: Engdu maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4683 Yes, there are about three or four blogs I read fairly regularly including languagelog, languagehat, and then a selection of more occasional ones. Top #143947 - 06/14/05 09:37 AM Re: Engdu Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont yup. too bad jheem isn't around anymore. Top #143948 - 08/25/05 04:29 AM Re: Engdu consuelo Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/11/01 Posts: 2631 Loc: Caribbean you reading the Hat, too, mav? *snicker* My first thought was The Cat In The Hat. How many levels are operating here, hmmmm? Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187593 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (Buffalo Shrdlu), 10 Guests and 24 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6596 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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