allthingslinguistic:nikoleto:Penguin: Trust me! I’m a linguist! It’s called reduplication! The pengu
allthingslinguistic:nikoleto:Penguin: Trust me! I’m a linguist! It’s called reduplication! The penguin is not a linguist, don’t listen to her.Comparative linguist: Reduplication is a plural-formation strategy in many languages, but English is not one of them. Internet linguist: Internet English does, however, have a related phenomenon known as re-noot-lication. false! one noot, two neet -- source link