Reduplication (was :Dublex (was: Washing-machine words (was: Futurese, Chinese,)

Hello,

> >I've been wondering what I should do with reduplication.
> I've been afraid
> >that it sounds to speakers of Western European languages
> rather childish
> >and pidgin-like.
>
>     What's wrong with being child-like and pidgin-like  0_o?
> eh?  If it
> works and has a certain attractive "fun element",
> reduplication may prove to
> be a very user-friendly mnemonic aid.
Indeed. Not to mention that it is not entirely un-European - Old English
alone had a whole VII class of reduplicating verbs.

Pavel
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