A little more haplology.

[Koontz John E]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Linda Cumberland wrote:
> > So, the reduplication is acceptable, but the double negative is not.
> >
> Oops, I didn't mean "double negative" - I meant that the adjacent
> identical but unrelated syllables shiN-shiN

I think we might concede that they are related, even if the form is
perhaps not felt as a double negative in contemporary terms.