• GigaBowser@lemmy.world
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        That’s not what this is though. You aren’t emphasizing how “after” it was. You aren’t distinguishing it from some sort of “before-after”. This is just a typo.

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          it’s maybe not contrastive focus reduplication as Wikipedia defines it, but that is the closest label i know for this concept.

          it’s kinda like… like when you pause to search for an example and then repeat the word “like” when you resume the thought. it’s an idiom, maybe helps to clue the listener that you’re completing a paused sentence instead of starting a new one, maybe makes it easier to communicate intended tonal shifts since it lets that shift happen between two identical words (making the tonal difference unmistakable) instead of between two different words (where the difference in tone could be mistaken for a difference in pronunciation).

          i’ve used repetition in this meme format deliberately. the intended reading is really similar to that “like… like” example: the top text is light/airy, then a pause as you jump to the bottom, and then the bottom text is serious/mono-tone. voice it out loud in that manner, with and then without the repetition, and see if one feels more natural to you than the other. i’m curious how much this idiom varies among speakers.

      • Koordinator O@lemmy.world
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        ok. never heard of that. the more you know i guess. but I’d say that it is totally unnecessary in this case and a bit of a stretch. or maybe I don’t fully understand it. it’s 2 am where i live and I’m tired. so i could totally be wrong 😅 maybe i give it another try tomorrow.

  • TheUniqueOne@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    That’s not a problem you should care about though what you should care about is “time theft” and people shoplifting essentials.

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    Pulling their own hair in the shower with clothes on? That’s absurd. It checks out.

    • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      It’s a common meme format/trope to repeat the last word in the top text as the first word in the bottom text.