Talk:Shm-reduplication
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Its funnier if you spell it 'schm-'. I thought this was the common usage, but its not mentioned or used in the article. Somegeek 20:01, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I thought so, too... SpectrumDT 14:14, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- I did some googlefights and found that 'shm-' really is more common, but 'schm-' is not uncommon. Somegeek 14:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
- Reduplication-schmeduplication!
- I did some googlefights and found that 'shm-' really is more common, but 'schm-' is not uncommon. Somegeek 14:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
--- I wonder why it's "reduplication." That seems a bit redundant to me. --BennyD 08:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- Because the basic phenomenon is what's known as "reduplication" among linguists (i.e. doubling a word or part of a word), then modifying the initial consonants. AnonMoos 09:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
