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New Wed 8 May 13 02:52 
 Night Night - No FM2R
Does anybody know why we say night-night? As opposed to Good night, which I guess is obvious.

Unless "we" don't and its just me and mine.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Wed 8 May 13 at 02:52
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New Wed 8 May 13 05:57 
 Night Night - Mike Hannon
Do you mean as in 'night, night - sleep tight, mind the fleas don't bite'?
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New Wed 8 May 13 08:12 
 Night Night - Telb

>> Do you mean as in 'night, night - sleep tight, mind the fleas don't bite.

Our version is bed bugs not fleas. Don't know what that says about either of us;-)
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New Wed 8 May 13 08:13 
 Night Night - Cliff Pope
There seems to be an instinctive tendency to like repetitive sounds in certain expressions, sometimes repeating the same word, sometimes a similar rhyming word.
Said I think to be a hang-over from childhood.

Bye-bye
Ta-ta
rif-raf
chop-chop
spit-spot
oakey-dokey

and then others involving different words of the same or similar meaning:

tiny little
wee small
kith and kin
let or hindrance
will and testament
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New Wed 8 May 13 08:24 
 Night Night - Londoner
>> Bye-bye
>> Ta-ta
>> rif-raf
>> chop-chop
>> spit-spot
>> oakey-dokey
>>
I think that they originated in Germany. In the town of Baden Baden to be precise.
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New Wed 8 May 13 08:51 
 Night Night - Zero
or maybe New York New York, so good they named it twice?
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New Wed 8 May 13 09:24 
 Night Night - helicopter
Of course ......
........You should never ignore a pooh pooh.....

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New Wed 8 May 13 09:46 
 Night Night - Runfer D'Hills
We say,

"Will you turn that chuffing PlayStation off and go to bed you little....I won't tell you again, it's school tomorrow !"

It's a sort of tradition.
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