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Yes. There are lots around; whenever the original word becomes too short for the importance people want to give it. Tuna fish, chai tea, Enter the room -> ente

by Jakob 9mo ago

Yes. There are lots around; whenever the original word becomes too short for the importance people want to give it. Tuna fish, chai tea, Enter the room -> enter “into” the room, French: hui (today) -> aujourd’hui (day of today) Keyword: pleonasm

School-Cotton 9mo ago
I'm sure I've even heard French people say "au jour d'aujourd'hui"
- teapot7 9mo ago
  I'm pretty sure I've seen that one in a list, by a French person, of things they wish other people wouldn't say!
- simgt 9mo ago
  Yes, we had an epidemic of that about 10 years ago. It was everywhere. Thankfully it's mostly gone now and we're back to "aujourd'hui".
Hnrobert42 9mo ago
Lived experience
xigoi 9mo ago
Also French: je ne sais (I don’t know) → je ne sais pas (I don’t know a step)
- Jakob 9mo ago
  And recently even dropping the negation itself while keeping the meaning: “je sais pas” I never thought about that. Interesting. This negation related cycle is apparently called Jespersen’s cycle and happens in many languages. The English equivalent I say not -> I “do” not say -> I don’t say. -> ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen%27s_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen%27s_cycle