Fun with Words: Reduplication
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Credit to the Phrase Finder website for much of the information on this topic. I love words, and one of the great joys of maintaining this blog is getting to learn about, think about, and write about them. I find particular (and perhaps unusual) joy in learning the names of various wordy phenomena. For example, I’ve written previously about feghoots, eggcorns, mondegreens, …
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What do the M’s stand for in M & M? How about 3M? John Green solves these and other mysteries in this entertaining video.
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I’m on the road traveling, so I decided to repost something from a couple years ago. I’m not sure why, …
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Must “going forward” replace “from now on”? David Mitchell and I hope not.
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