October 6, 2022

OCT 6, (re)duplication: helter-skelter


Authors' Note: This (re)duplication has elements of impulsiveness, thoughtlessness and randomness in common with harum-scarumpell-mell and hodge-podge.


 Readers willing to go down an internet rabbit-hole HERE can easily get to our other eight short verses dealing with specific reduplications, as well as three fairly lengthy patter-songs about this fascinating linguistic phenomenon.

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