Repeating names - why?

In My Humble Opinion
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The other day I was visiting my friend Mr. Bebee who was recovering from a case
of beriberi he contracted while fishing for mahi mahi in Bora Bora.
During my visit I started to wonder what is the reason for these repeating
names? Bebee suggested that I look into it and so the next day I
began my investigation.

I started by calling up Yo Yo Ma but found he was not at home. It turned out
that Yo Yo was meeting Ling Ling in Baden Baden to give a concert in
honor of the late Boutros Boutros Galli. Taking a break from my efforts,
I went down to the Cafe 80’s for a drink. There, while listening to the tunes
of Duran Duran, Mr. Mister and Talk Talk it occurred that the folks at the
Straight Dope would have the information I was seeking.

Can you answer my question chop chop? I’m taking a choo choo
to Walla Walla soon and need the answer before I say bye bye
to Bebee.

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Reduplication is sometimes used to mean plural or intensification especially in Polynesian languages.

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No fan of The The?

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Neat, I learned a new word. Spanish uses it to indicate “the genuine product”. Café café would be coffee that’s undoubtedly, surely, 100% genuinely coffeeish.

Choo choo is an onomatopoeia: it tries to reproduce train-made sounds.

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Video game character Mario’s full name is Mario Mario.

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It seems to me that reduplication is reredundant. Reduplication should mean what they call triplication in that article.

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Reduplicating a noun is the standard way to make the plural in Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), an Austronesian language.

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Do you like him, or do you like like him?

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Thai uses it some – for example, dek is “child,” while dek dek is “children.”

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I cannot like like him, as I don’t know him closely enough.

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Are you going out or are you going out out?

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Or even that great tribute ensemble, The The Band Band?

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Will you go driving in your Car Car?

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In slightly related news, my kids love their new pets. They have a puppy dog, a kitty cat, and a bunny rabbit.

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Not to mention Chinese speed skaters Yang Yang (A) and Yang Yang (S).

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Personally I would say, “or are you going out going out”

I guess this will be a long, long thread.

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I got so excited yesterday that I started yelling and yelling about how awesome things were. Then I ran and ran back home. I was so hungry I was just eating and eating everything.

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About 7 million people live in Nyork Nyork. Which wouold sound hilarious, if it were just some little BFE town somewhere.

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I would have also, but Iran, Iran’s so far away.

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