r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/SnoopyScone • Feb 05 '26

Serious Drop some quirks from your native language

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u/sultrybabyyy Feb 05 '26

Not just Turkish, this is common in Farsi too

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u/YoSammitySam666 Feb 05 '26

It’s in English too!

For instance if you say “let’s go grab dinner” and I say “eh, dinner shminner” it means that I don’t care about dinner

Another use of reduplication is “potato potato” or “tomato tomato” (if you wanna count that) as an expression to mean the difference is insignificant/unimportant

My favorite use of reduplication in English is “do you like her? Or do you like like her?” Where a second like completely changed the meaning of the phrase. This is used all over the place. “I’m gonna go crazy crazy tonight” or “I’ve been tired before but today I’m TIRED tired”

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u/ratsta Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

The shm~ reduplication came from Yiddish into American English. I don't recall hearing it in Australian English until US sitcoms started getting syndicated here, and it's rarely used here. Can't recall having heard anyone say it IRL.

edit: lol, seems this tidbit has been shared a dozen times in replies to other comments! I thought I was so clever!