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Jul 03, 2008 12:26 pm
…or as I call it: ‘repetition'.
This is happening in three distinct manners:
1) PIN Number, ATM Machine, and HIV Virus (and I am sure there are more).
2) People who say things twice for no good reason, as in a response to ‘how are you?' being ‘doin great! doin great!'.
3) And my latest peeve…folks who say ‘reiterate' in lieu of repeat. I am forever pointing out to my friends (and many strangers) that to reiterate, you must have said something twice already.
How does everyone feel about coining ‘repetetition' as a phrase to describe these phenomena?! =^)
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Jul 05, 2008 3:10 am
Hi, Dan -- I love collecting these things, too. But "pleonasm" isn't workin' for ya? 😉
Jul 05, 2008 2:57 pm
Martha -
Pleonasm. So simple!
Once again, you amaze me. That is almost exactly what I meant!
Thank you!