27-02-2026, 04:14 PM
I think some of the cases of double or repeated words may be instructions.
Chop, chop, chop.
Grind, grind, grind.
Stir, Stir, Stir.
Boil, boil, boil.
As noted before, they didn't have clocks. They couldn't say, "Boil for 3 minutes."
If this is the case then these double or repeated words may be more likely to be verbs than nouns or filler. I think a single word repeated is more likely to be an instruction indicating a time duration for the task being described than a prayer. I would expect a prayer to repeat phrases or similar phrases and not just one word. Unless that word is, "Mercy, mercy, mercy!"
Chop, chop, chop.
Grind, grind, grind.
Stir, Stir, Stir.
Boil, boil, boil.
As noted before, they didn't have clocks. They couldn't say, "Boil for 3 minutes."
If this is the case then these double or repeated words may be more likely to be verbs than nouns or filler. I think a single word repeated is more likely to be an instruction indicating a time duration for the task being described than a prayer. I would expect a prayer to repeat phrases or similar phrases and not just one word. Unless that word is, "Mercy, mercy, mercy!"
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