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Merry Christmas Eve eve. I've always liked that phrase. Maybe because it meant Christmas was almost here. Or maybe because I enjoyed the illusion of stuttering. But now the phrase takes on new meaning, thanks to Linnea's linguistics studies on the repeated compound. So now I wonder if Christmas Eve eve is really just an emphatic expression of anticipation. A single "eve" implies that the important event is coming in the morning, but a double "eve" suggests that what comes deserves extra attention.
Or maybe I am making this all up. I have been known to do that before. But it sounds good to me.
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