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Sentences with identical back to back words

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Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
They do do this in Ireland.
"They do do-do in Ireland."

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Originally posted by Suzianne
I was going to correct another of your posts but I figured correcting a second typo is just harsh.

And you might think I was hitting on you. 😉
Not at all, I am here to lurn. 🙂

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Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
They do do this in Ireland.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. 🙂

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"They do do-do in Ireland."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE
That's a pretty hip song connection Bob.
I expected this from you:

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Often the term "that that" is quite redundant. Many times just one that in the same sentence means the same thing, sounds better, sand saves on words.
One hardly ever hears of the word forest dewordification. We need conservative conservation. 😕

In your example one "and" seems to mean pretty much the same thing, but is a beautiful example of the wo ...[text shortened]... nown fact, in India and China an "E" is worth 5 Bengal tiger skins on the black market. 😕
"One hardly ever hears of the rhp post forest threadification. We need to conserve; conserving's essential."

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"One hardly ever hears of the rhp post forest threadification. We need to conserve; conserving's essential."
Every time a new RHP thread is created a mini pamphlet dies. :'(

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
That's a pretty hip song connection Bob.
I expected this from you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5MjGIw7Fyw
My great, great grandprents rocked their socks off to those newies @ the time.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
My great, great grandprents rocked their socks off to those newies @ the time.
In a recurring song skit on The Dean Martin Show, they used this song.

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Every time a new RHP thread is created a mini pamphlet dies. :'(
"Every time a new thumbs down is created a lad Up in boston dies."

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Every time a new thumbs down is created a lad Up in boston dies."
I had had negative reactions. 🙂

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Or nearly identical words back to back.
I see this and do it myself sometimes.
Phrases like "had had" "That that's" etc.

😞
That that that is, is, is so.

There are longer versions.

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I say that that "that", that that man said was superfluous, the sentence made perfect sense without it.

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Originally posted by JS357
That that that is, is, is so.

There are longer versions.
I tell them that that is as long as it is. 😕

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I had had negative reactions. 🙂
Butt, butt do things have to be that way way back when as well as today?

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Originally posted by Suzianne
I was going to correct another of your posts but I figured correcting a second typo is just harsh.

And you might think I was hitting on you. 😉
Are you saying you weren't? 😛