[Ads-l] "Marijuana marijuana" -- name for this device?

[Wilson Gray]

"Indian Indian"

Have you heard "dot-Indian" vs. "feather-Indian"?

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 3:31 PM Bonnie Taylor-Blake <b.taylorblake at gmail.com>
wrote:

> IANAL*, sorry, and I have an amateur's question.
>
> Here's the text of a tweet that I saw this morning.
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> Tell me you're Fijian without telling me you're Fijian.
>
> When you repeat the same word twice for others to understand, and they
> instantly get it.
>
> "You talking about marijuana, marijuana or the industrial marijuana?"
>
> Reply: "marijuana, marijuana"
>
> (https://twitter.com/IsireliVulaca/status/1431545469050621953?s=20)
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> ("Industrial marijuana" is cannabis grown for industrial use, like hemp.)
>
> Now, I know this isn't exclusive to Fiji: I've heard speakers of American
> English use "Indian Indian" to identify someone from the Indian
> subcontinent as opposed to a Native American. (That cringingly bad example
> is the only one that comes to mind at the moment.)
>
> Is there a name for this?
>
> -- Bonnie
>
> * = I am not a linguist
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