Ye olde word
Ye olde word
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Tock-tick? Dong-ding?
7 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2021 at 8:30 am.
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Why do the words tock-tick and raff-riff seem weird to hear? Listen to this episode to find out!



Sources: 

https://www.scienceabc.com/social-science/ablaut-reduplication-why-does-saying-flip-flop-feels-more-correct-than-flop-flip.html#:~:text=Most%20people%20do%20not%20realize,that%20you%20are%20doing%20so

https://www.academia.edu/10100970/Extra_grammatical_morphology_English_reduplicatives

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160908-the-language-rules-we-know-but-dont-know-we-know

https://www.almtranslations.com/news/blogs/why-do-we-say-hip-hop-instead-of-hop-hip/

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/ordering-multiple-adjectives/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduplication


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