Timeline for What does "small small" mean in Indian English?
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| Sep 6, 2023 at 14:46 | comment | added | cssyphus | Examining a particular author's background might suggest that their answer carries a little more weight than is generally ascribed. For this answer, I submit Dr Francis has sufficient background, both culturally and linguistically, for his answer to be trusted. Also, in large-pop cultures, sometimes two differing answers can both be correct. | |
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| May 25, 2017 at 13:20 | comment | added | curiousdannii | Can you please edit this answer to add some evidence for your claims? | |
| May 23, 2017 at 19:08 | comment | added | ab2 | Downvoted because after reading all the comments and answers here, and reading all the comments on the Meta post about this question, english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10264/…, I am convinced that this answer is not correct. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 17:00 | comment | added | herisson | As the comments below the original post, and John Hamilton's answer indicate, the Indian English expression "small small" doesn't seem to mean "tiny little" and the Indian English expression "big big" doesn't seem to mean "great big". I like the "loads of little" part of this answer, but I think the rest of it is misleading. | |
| May 19, 2017 at 10:38 | history | edited | ProfDFrancis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Allowed for two variants of meaning
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| May 18, 2017 at 16:56 | comment | added | WalyKu | I like tiny miny. I'm not sure how to write this, as I guess it is based on tiny mini. Another one is wee little houses. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 16:45 | comment | added | neminem | I'd go with "super-small", or even more informally, "crazy-small". But I would also state for the record that, while I wouldn't necessarily call it in "common" usage, I would certainly put "tiny little" as being in usage in American English. (As in, say, "oooh, look at the tiny little kittens! So cute!" Totally idiomatic American English.) | |
| May 18, 2017 at 16:09 | comment | added | shoover | @RoddyoftheFrozenPeas Or "itty-bitty", or "teensy-weensy" or "teeny-weeny" or "tee-ninesy" (sp?) or "little bitty"... | |
| May 18, 2017 at 14:44 | comment | added | Roddy of the Frozen Peas | All but the first I've heard in common US English usage as well. (We'd use "teeny-tiny", perhaps, for small small. More often we'd just use an adjective like "very": very small, etc.) | |
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| May 18, 2017 at 9:27 | history | edited | Chenmunka | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 18, 2017 at 9:04 | history | answered | ProfDFrancis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |