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A colorful stack of books sits on a light blue and white textured background. The top book is open, with its pages fanned out like a display. Below the image, a light blue banner with white text reads, "Why we talk about 'book-books'." Beneath the banner, black text reads"1051 Grammar Girl Podcast" and lists the podcast platforms: "Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Overcast, Castbox."
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Mignon Fogarty (grammargirl@zirk.us)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 03:34:02 JST Mignon Fogarty

Ever wondered why we repeat words? For example, why do we say we're reading a "book-book" when we're reading a paper book?
In this week's #GrammarGirl episode, we’re looking at "reduplication" — why we say things like "salad-salad," "book-book," and "job-job" to emphasize the real, original, or most serious version of something.
Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/book-book/transcript
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-book-book-make-sense-fun-words-for-jigsaw-lovers/id173429229?i=1000686172492
Watch: https://youtu.be/0R0uifWhaSo
#GrammarGirl #Linguistics

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