hyperboreanhapocanthosaurus: gifmethat: So you know what I don’t get? Why people repeat words. (x) Grammar time: it’s called “contrastive reduplication,” and it’s a form of intensification that is relatively common. Finnish does a very

hyperboreanhapocanthosaurus: gifmethat: So you know what I don’t get? Why people repeat words. (x) Grammar time: it’s called “contrastive reduplication,” and it’s a form of intensification that is relatively common. Finnish does a very

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