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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 9

    chitchat, crisscross, dilly-dally, ding-dong, fiddle-faddle, flimflam, flipflop, hee-haw: Ablaut reduplication explained in the Amer Heritage Dictionary blog.https://tmblr.co/Z4OIzt2UxUqS6 

    7:54 PM - 9 Feb 2018
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      1. Nicole Nelson‏ @nan_nicole Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        You generously fix the head line for them (adding “ablaut”). Having written a dissertation on reduplication, I have issues with the claim here that it’s productive. And the entry leaves out dismissive reduplication (table-schmable), the only truly productive reduplication in Eng!

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      2. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        yeah, yeah

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      3. Mike Rogalski‏ @mikerogalski Feb 9
        Replying to @learnfromerror @sapinker

        So so

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      4. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror Feb 9
        Replying to @mikerogalski @sapinker

        tweet tweet

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      5. Mike Rogalski‏ @mikerogalski Feb 9
        Replying to @learnfromerror @sapinker

        ha ha may I stretch it a bit and go for a palindrome: aha ha ... ? no no? ... ok, ko!

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      6. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror Feb 10
        Replying to @mikerogalski @sapinker

        never even never even

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      7. Mike Rogalski‏ @mikerogalski Feb 10
        Replying to @learnfromerror @sapinker

        U won now, U

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      1. objective reality  ♾ 🍄 🏋 🎻 🎷 🎤 🎸 🔬 🔭 🎭 🎨 🛠☤ ⚛ ⚕‏ @dude_solid Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        That was a nice willow wallow.

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      1. Daniel Faggella‏ @danfaggella Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        This article is a real hodgepodge

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      1. David‏ @octopod18 Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hoity-toity, higgedly-piggedly, toe jam flim flam.

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      1. Patrick Tiernan‏ @TDX_DD Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Best humorous use of this was in BC comic strip: *Looking up "tartar" in the dictionary* Definition: What you cover the roadroad with.

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      1. Brian Donaldson‏ @bman_alberta Feb 10
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        Holus-bolus.

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      1. Jordan Stern‏ @brevityisthesou Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Learned that “shilly-shally” is an alternative for “dilly-dally” from The Stuff of Thought

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      1. David Ronder‏ @davidronder Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why *re*duplication? Isn't that re somewhat dundant?

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      1. Josh Parks‏ @joshparks Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Omg how is “reduplication” a word???

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      1. Mike Robertson‏ @MikeRob14192459 Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Well ding-dang!

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      1. VV101‏ @VV101isPresent Feb 9
        Replying to @sapinker

        Fun stuff!😀

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      1. athensjw‏ @athensjw Feb 9
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        Dilly dilly!

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