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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Reduplication? Really for real? #206595 08/06/2012 3:46 PM Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Iowa ciscodrum stranger ciscodrum stranger Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Iowa Has to be an example of linguists having fun. Another term for the phenomenon, according to Wikipedia, is "tautonym." Works for me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplication? Really for real? ciscodrum #206597 08/06/2012 9:51 PM Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 mtVessel stranger mtVessel stranger Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 My favorite reduplicative name is the character Nicely-Nicely Johnson, everyone's pal and all-around good guy from the musical, "Guys and Dolls." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplication? Really for real? mtVessel #206598 08/06/2012 9:53 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water D'accord! ! I'd forgotten about him. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplication? Really for real? LukeJavan8 #206601 08/08/2012 12:59 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Reminds me of the early BBC drama Softly softly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplication? Really for real? ciscodrum #206658 08/13/2012 2:02 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four? ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Reduplication? Really for real? Aramis #206660 08/13/2012 2:08 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Why doesn't reduplication mean multiple of four? Because it doesn't. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter "The Stimulus Is Working" too zmjezhd #206662 08/13/2012 3:27 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Jeepers Wally, it all makes sense now. ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too Aramis #206667 08/13/2012 5:20 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Just a suggestion, mind. The re- might be the intensive re- and not the repetitive re-. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too Faldage #206932 08/31/2012 2:08 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US OK Fal you saw this coming: Intensive re- example? Maybe as applied to 'gurgitate' or 'mittence'? ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "The Stimulus Is Working" too Aramis #206935 08/31/2012 5:29 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Intensive re- example? From a dictionary (link): refine. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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