Reduplicatives

[DanielScocco]

Sharon just wrote an interesting post about reduplicatives:

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/reduplicatives-double-delight/

Examples:

ack-ack
aye-aye
bang-bang
beriberi
bonbon
boo-boo
bye-bye
cha-cha
choo-choo
chop chop
froufrou
goody goody
ha-ha
hush hush
muumuu
night-night
no-no
papa
pawpaw

Got any to add?

[Mez]

Yeah it was interesting.

Maybe these are some?

cuck- koo

(Its really) chewy Louie

flower - power

teeny- weeny

juicy-lucy

tit-tat

shoo-you

tutti-fruiti

huddle-puddle

adding to easy peasy: lemon - squeezy lol
I hope my up n coming exams will be the above!

[Mez]

Slim-trim

peter-piper

oodle-noodle

jim-jam

dizzle-dazzle

top-tip

tip-top

mishy-mushy

Are these right, or are they just a load of nonsense? ;)

[Ali]

I don't think I've heard dizzle-dazzle before -- but I have heard razzle-dazzle! I wonder if there are some US/UK differences in the use of reduplicatives?

Ali

[Mez]

Hi Ali,

Maybe I just made that dizzle dazzle one up then ;) lol. There could very well be some UK/US differences, I'm from the UK though. But I think we get a lot of them from US films and sitcoms, so they come to be common knowledge to us all?