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Re: THEORY: Reduplication

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, May 23, 2002, 18:16
En réponse à julien eychenne <eychenne.j@...>:

> I think pépé and mémé are not standard but southern French.
Not really. I called my maternal grandmother mémé (I'm from Seine-Maritime). Only my paternal grandparents I called the other way. My
> girlfriend laughs at me when I say that (she comes from Brittany) but > I > can't say papi and mami (I thought it was written papy and > mamy,oops!). >
It can be. I've seen both orthographies.
> > You must be right ;). Cricri does exist for Christophe, doesn't it? >
Or Christian :)) . Brrr... it reminds me of the damned times of Hélène et les garçons (when I got a full dosis of Cricri without ever asking for something : ((( ). Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.