Re: THEORY: Reduplication
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, May 23, 2002, 13:13 |
julien eychenne scripsit:
> And if I remember well, the famous Toto we find in every child-joke
> comes from Christophe :)
Note also toto, titi, tata, tutu = foo, bar, baz, quux.
In Italian it's pippo, pluto, paperino; and in Dutch, aap, noot, mies.
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