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Re:“Eeny, meeny, miny, mo” and the ambiguous history of coun... by doomrobo on Sunday December 11, 2022 @11:09AM (#33944374)
Yup! It's called ablaut. English has ablaut reduplication for children's words like kitty-cat or sing-song
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